Freedom Rides Padlet by Thomas Mann https://padlet.com/thomas_mann19/209wy3v1nym3 en-us 2018-11-05 18:09:48 UTC 2025-10-19 01:00:58 UTC hello@padlet.com Freedom Rides Background thomas_mann19 https://padlet.com/thomas_mann19/209wy3v1nym3/wish/300663125 After the Boynton v. Virginia case, buses and their related facilities could no longer be segregated.]]> 2018-11-05 18:54:53 UTC https://padlet.com/thomas_mann19/209wy3v1nym3/wish/300663125 Freedom Rides Background (cont.) thomas_mann19 https://padlet.com/thomas_mann19/209wy3v1nym3/wish/300667959 The purpose of the Freedom Rides was to determine whether or not Southern States would uphold the ruling of the Supreme Court.]]> 2018-11-05 19:01:27 UTC https://padlet.com/thomas_mann19/209wy3v1nym3/wish/300667959 The reasoning behind the Freedom Rides thomas_mann19 https://padlet.com/thomas_mann19/209wy3v1nym3/wish/300674431 The Freedom Riders were convinced that segregationists in the South would react violently to the Freedom Rides, forcing the federal government to enforce the ruling of the Boynton v. Virginia case.]]> 2018-11-05 19:10:47 UTC https://padlet.com/thomas_mann19/209wy3v1nym3/wish/300674431 Reactions to the Freedom Rides (Part 1) thomas_mann19 https://padlet.com/thomas_mann19/209wy3v1nym3/wish/300680109 In South Carolina, violent encounters were minor compared to what happened in Alabama. On May 14, when a bus stopped not far from Anniston to change a tire that had been slashed, it was attacked with molotovs, and those who fled the bus were beaten.]]> 2018-11-05 19:18:43 UTC https://padlet.com/thomas_mann19/209wy3v1nym3/wish/300680109 Reactions to the Freedom Rides (Part 2) thomas_mann19 https://padlet.com/thomas_mann19/209wy3v1nym3/wish/301154857 Another group of Freedom Riders were arrested in Birmingham and sent back to Tennessee, but remained undeterred and went back to Birmingham. Under orders from U.S. Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, acquired a bus and protection from the State Highway Patrol, then made the journey to Montgomery, where due to the negligence of local law enforcement, the Freedom Riders were attacked and beaten.]]> 2018-11-06 18:35:18 UTC https://padlet.com/thomas_mann19/209wy3v1nym3/wish/301154857 Results thomas_mann19 https://padlet.com/thomas_mann19/209wy3v1nym3/wish/301162060 On May 29, the Interstate Commerce Commission was ordered by Kennedy to enforce even more strict bans on segregated interstate travel. However, Freedom Rides still continued until these new bans took effect.]]> 2018-11-06 18:46:30 UTC https://padlet.com/thomas_mann19/209wy3v1nym3/wish/301162060 Extra information (Part 1) thomas_mann19 https://padlet.com/thomas_mann19/209wy3v1nym3/wish/301277793 The Freedom Rides were conceptualized by CORE in 1961 and were inspired by a sit in that made a white only restaurant serve AA.]]> 2018-11-06 23:46:00 UTC https://padlet.com/thomas_mann19/209wy3v1nym3/wish/301277793 Extra information (Part 2) thomas_mann19 https://padlet.com/thomas_mann19/209wy3v1nym3/wish/301280296 The purpose of the Freedom Rides was to press the newly appointed Kennedy administration to enforce the ruling of the Boynton v. Virginia case.]]> 2018-11-07 00:01:06 UTC https://padlet.com/thomas_mann19/209wy3v1nym3/wish/301280296 Extra information (Part 3) thomas_mann19 https://padlet.com/thomas_mann19/209wy3v1nym3/wish/301281194 Without an order of compliance from the Interstate Commerce Commission, southern states would ignore the ruling of the Boynton v. Virginia case.]]> 2018-11-07 00:06:44 UTC https://padlet.com/thomas_mann19/209wy3v1nym3/wish/301281194 Extra information (Part 4) thomas_mann19 https://padlet.com/thomas_mann19/209wy3v1nym3/wish/301281856 The Freedom riders were trained and experienced civil rights activists, and some had participated in recent sit ins.]]> 2018-11-07 00:10:28 UTC https://padlet.com/thomas_mann19/209wy3v1nym3/wish/301281856 Sources thomas_mann19 https://padlet.com/thomas_mann19/209wy3v1nym3/wish/301282312 Skeleton notes Modern America 25.2

"Freedom Rides." Britannica School, Encyclopædia Britannica, 3 May. 2011. school.eb.com/levels/high/article/Freedom-Rides/399760. Accessed 2 Nov. 2018.

"The Freedom Rides." American Decades, edited by Judith S. Baughman, et al., vol. 7: 1960-1969, Gale, 2001. Student Resources In Context, http://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/CX3468302354/SUIC?u=tryitilk12&sid=SUIC&xid=766115c6. Accessed 2 Nov. 2018.

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]]> 2018-11-07 00:13:30 UTC https://padlet.com/thomas_mann19/209wy3v1nym3/wish/301282312 Image of the aftermath of an attack on Freedom Riders thomas_mann19 https://padlet.com/thomas_mann19/209wy3v1nym3/wish/301646451 2018-11-07 17:13:54 UTC https://padlet.com/thomas_mann19/209wy3v1nym3/wish/301646451 Freedom Riders holding their posters outside of the bus windows thomas_mann19 https://padlet.com/thomas_mann19/209wy3v1nym3/wish/301647962 2018-11-07 17:15:40 UTC https://padlet.com/thomas_mann19/209wy3v1nym3/wish/301647962 Highway patrol members under orders to escort the Freedom Riders thomas_mann19 https://padlet.com/thomas_mann19/209wy3v1nym3/wish/302236856 2018-11-08 18:18:22 UTC https://padlet.com/thomas_mann19/209wy3v1nym3/wish/302236856 An image of multiple Freedom Riders, including individuals who may have been involved in sit-ins thomas_mann19 https://padlet.com/thomas_mann19/209wy3v1nym3/wish/302239670 2018-11-08 18:22:31 UTC https://padlet.com/thomas_mann19/209wy3v1nym3/wish/302239670 Military enforcing desegregation of buses and bus facilities thomas_mann19 https://padlet.com/thomas_mann19/209wy3v1nym3/wish/302241962 2018-11-08 18:26:01 UTC https://padlet.com/thomas_mann19/209wy3v1nym3/wish/302241962 Buses were attacked and in this case, the tires were slashed thomas_mann19 https://padlet.com/thomas_mann19/209wy3v1nym3/wish/302244446 2018-11-08 18:29:43 UTC https://padlet.com/thomas_mann19/209wy3v1nym3/wish/302244446 An image of a desegregated bus thomas_mann19 https://padlet.com/thomas_mann19/209wy3v1nym3/wish/302245572 2018-11-08 18:31:16 UTC https://padlet.com/thomas_mann19/209wy3v1nym3/wish/302245572 Robert Kennedy played a key role in keeping the Freedom Riders as safe as possible thomas_mann19 https://padlet.com/thomas_mann19/209wy3v1nym3/wish/302248445 2018-11-08 18:34:58 UTC https://padlet.com/thomas_mann19/209wy3v1nym3/wish/302248445 Signs like these could no longer be put in buses and their related facilities thomas_mann19 https://padlet.com/thomas_mann19/209wy3v1nym3/wish/302251253 2018-11-08 18:38:42 UTC https://padlet.com/thomas_mann19/209wy3v1nym3/wish/302251253