https://padlet.com/awilso7479/39zwd4yxp422 Made with the strength to succeed en-us 2018-04-09 18:55:39 UTC 2018-04-13 01:04:03 UTC hello@padlet.com awilso7479 https://padlet.com/awilso7479/39zwd4yxp422/wish/249994218 Freedom riders were groups of black and white civil rights activists who went on bus trips through the south to protest segregated bus terminals. A result was police arresting the riders for trespassing, unlawful assembly, and violating jim crow laws. The most popular and well known freedom ride was the ride of 1961.]]> 2018-04-09 18:56:33 UTC https://padlet.com/awilso7479/39zwd4yxp422/wish/249994218 awilso7479 https://padlet.com/awilso7479/39zwd4yxp422/wish/249997173 James farmer was a freedom rider  "who pushed for nonviolent protest to dismantle segregation, and served alongside Martin Luther King Jr". He initiated and organized the 1961 Freedom Ride while subsequently working for the NAACP. ]]> 2018-04-09 19:02:07 UTC https://padlet.com/awilso7479/39zwd4yxp422/wish/249997173 awilso7479 https://padlet.com/awilso7479/39zwd4yxp422/wish/249999560 Stokely Carmichael  was born in Trinidad and moved to the United States at 11 years old. Carmichael was one of the original organizers of the 1961 Freedom Ride and traveled from New Orleans to Jackson with eight other riders. During their protest, they encountered white protesters who blocked their way. Carmichael says: "They were shouting. Throwing cans and lit cigarettes at us. Spitting on us"; however, they were eventually able to board. ]]> 2018-04-09 19:06:55 UTC https://padlet.com/awilso7479/39zwd4yxp422/wish/249999560 awilso7479 https://padlet.com/awilso7479/39zwd4yxp422/wish/250002808 James Peck was an american activist who was the only one who participated in both the Journey of Reconciliation and the 1961 Freedom Ride. Peck traveled with 15 other people and was arrested in Winnsboro, South Carolina for protesting. ]]> 2018-04-09 19:12:45 UTC https://padlet.com/awilso7479/39zwd4yxp422/wish/250002808 awilso7479 https://padlet.com/awilso7479/39zwd4yxp422/wish/250004313 The congress of racial equality (CORE) helped to sponsor the majority of the freedom rides. It's mission is "to bring about equality for all people regardless of race, creed, sex, age, disability, sexual orientation, religion or ethnic background." In April of 1947, CORE sent a group of black and white men on a two week journey through the south resulting in the protesters being arrested.]]> 2018-04-09 19:16:26 UTC https://padlet.com/awilso7479/39zwd4yxp422/wish/250004313 awilso7479 https://padlet.com/awilso7479/39zwd4yxp422/wish/250005494 The SNCC was a group that was formed in an effort to give younger black individuals a larger voice in the civil rights movement]]> 2018-04-09 19:19:24 UTC https://padlet.com/awilso7479/39zwd4yxp422/wish/250005494 awilso7479 https://padlet.com/awilso7479/39zwd4yxp422/wish/250007167 The first Freedom ride ]]> 2018-04-09 19:23:21 UTC https://padlet.com/awilso7479/39zwd4yxp422/wish/250007167 awilso7479 https://padlet.com/awilso7479/39zwd4yxp422/wish/250007375 The riders arrived in New Orleans to celebrate the anniversary of the Brown v. Board decision that outlawed segregation in schools.]]> 2018-04-09 19:23:58 UTC https://padlet.com/awilso7479/39zwd4yxp422/wish/250007375 awilso7479 https://padlet.com/awilso7479/39zwd4yxp422/wish/250007760 The riders arrive in South Carolina ]]> 2018-04-09 19:24:57 UTC https://padlet.com/awilso7479/39zwd4yxp422/wish/250007760 awilso7479 https://padlet.com/awilso7479/39zwd4yxp422/wish/250008048 The riders arrive in Atlanta and received a speech from Martin Luther King Jr to promote their efforts.]]> 2018-04-09 19:25:46 UTC https://padlet.com/awilso7479/39zwd4yxp422/wish/250008048 awilso7479 https://padlet.com/awilso7479/39zwd4yxp422/wish/250008473 The freedom riders head back home due to dangerous circumstances.]]> 2018-04-09 19:27:04 UTC https://padlet.com/awilso7479/39zwd4yxp422/wish/250008473 awilso7479 https://padlet.com/awilso7479/39zwd4yxp422/wish/250008718 The freedom riders head to washington dc to recruit new riders ]]> 2018-04-09 19:27:48 UTC https://padlet.com/awilso7479/39zwd4yxp422/wish/250008718 awilso7479 https://padlet.com/awilso7479/39zwd4yxp422/wish/250009076 2018-04-09 19:28:48 UTC https://padlet.com/awilso7479/39zwd4yxp422/wish/250009076 awilso7479 https://padlet.com/awilso7479/39zwd4yxp422/wish/250009306 Boycotting buses
Lunch Counter sit-ins
relied on nonviolence ]]> 2018-04-09 19:29:22 UTC https://padlet.com/awilso7479/39zwd4yxp422/wish/250009306 awilso7479 https://padlet.com/awilso7479/39zwd4yxp422/wish/250009837 Boynton vs Virginia: This case overturned a conviction of an  African american law student for trespassing by being in a restaurant in a bus terminal that was declared  "whites only". It was said  that racial segregation in public transportation was illegal because it  violated the Interstate Commerce Act. 

Morgan vs Virginia: the US Supreme Court  ruled that Virginia's state law enforcing segregation on interstate buses was "unconstitutional"]]> 2018-04-09 19:30:55 UTC https://padlet.com/awilso7479/39zwd4yxp422/wish/250009837 awilso7479 https://padlet.com/awilso7479/39zwd4yxp422/wish/250761244 The issues proposed in the freedom rides in the 1960s was due to the violation of the first amendment- ]]> 2018-04-11 15:13:10 UTC https://padlet.com/awilso7479/39zwd4yxp422/wish/250761244 awilso7479 https://padlet.com/awilso7479/39zwd4yxp422/wish/250763369 This cartoon shows black and white individuals sitting on the bus which was what they were aiming to do, holding signs and protesting equality and freedom for african americans in the south.]]> 2018-04-11 15:16:33 UTC https://padlet.com/awilso7479/39zwd4yxp422/wish/250763369 awilso7479 https://padlet.com/awilso7479/39zwd4yxp422/wish/250767046 The freedom riders influenced not only black individuals to aim for freedom for themselves but also white individuals to help the blacks to gain their freedom and equality. They wanted to take away the "separate but equal" theory and allow everyone to be fair and equal.]]> 2018-04-11 15:22:35 UTC https://padlet.com/awilso7479/39zwd4yxp422/wish/250767046 awilso7479 https://padlet.com/awilso7479/39zwd4yxp422/wish/250768785 http://www.core-online.org/History/freedom%20rides.htm

http://www.blackpast.org/aah/freedom-rides-1961

https://www.britannica.com/event/Freedom-Rides

https://www.npr.org/2006/01/12/5149667/get-on-the-bus-the-freedom-riders-of-1961]]> 2018-04-11 15:25:47 UTC https://padlet.com/awilso7479/39zwd4yxp422/wish/250768785