https://padlet.com/1660913/9qv9xeu2ryen The Freedom Rides were bus rides throughout the South organized by the CORE to test the enforcement of the Supreme Courts decisions to ban segregation in interstate transport. en-us 2018-05-21 14:59:15 UTC 2025-03-20 00:08:20 UTC hello@padlet.com 1660913 https://padlet.com/1660913/9qv9xeu2ryen/wish/262542019 The Freedom Rides caused the orders of the Supreme Court in 1955 of racial equality in interstate travel to be enforced. On May 29, 1961, the Kennedy administration ordered the ICC to uphold the laws and enforce them. This caused John F. Kennedy to position himself against segregation.]]> 2018-05-22 01:31:34 UTC https://padlet.com/1660913/9qv9xeu2ryen/wish/262542019 1660913 https://padlet.com/1660913/9qv9xeu2ryen/wish/262543334 The Freedom Rides continued because of the reputation of nonviolent protests being weakened. By stopping the rides, it would show that racists and organizations like the KKK could stop nonviolent protests and the Civil Rights Movement if they used enough violence. ]]> 2018-05-22 01:40:55 UTC https://padlet.com/1660913/9qv9xeu2ryen/wish/262543334 1660913 https://padlet.com/1660913/9qv9xeu2ryen/wish/262543598 A select few of the newspapers and press protected the Alabama governor and police of Birmingham and Montgomery. However, most of the press supported Robert F. Kennedy's stance that the Freedom Rides should take time for things to settle in the South.]]> 2018-05-22 01:42:50 UTC https://padlet.com/1660913/9qv9xeu2ryen/wish/262543598 1660913 https://padlet.com/1660913/9qv9xeu2ryen/wish/262543988 2018-05-22 01:45:33 UTC https://padlet.com/1660913/9qv9xeu2ryen/wish/262543988 1660913 https://padlet.com/1660913/9qv9xeu2ryen/wish/262544339 2018-05-22 01:48:05 UTC https://padlet.com/1660913/9qv9xeu2ryen/wish/262544339