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Amotating for historical circumetances
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Describe the historical
circumstances that led to
the Freedom riders
movement
Instruction: As you read, annotate the document for the historical circumstances
that led to the freedom riders
The Freedom Riders
African Americans struggled for decades to win legal equality. Segregation was deeply entrenched
in the South. Schools, public transportation and many public places were segregated. Lawsuits to
challenge segregation in schools began as early as the 1930s. They culminated in the 1954 Brown
v Board of Education Supreme Court decision. Meanwhile, the 1955 Montgomery Bus Boycott took
on segregated city buses.
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During the summer of 1961, with the civil rights movement well underway, activists challenged yet
another segregation stronghold: interstate (between states) bus travel. Technically, this segregation
was already illegal. In 1946, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Morgan v. Virginia that segregation in
interstate travel was unconstitutional. In 1960, in Boynton v. Virginia, the high court ruled that it was
also illegal in bus terminals. Despite these rulings, segregation continued. Most African Americans
did not challenge tradition and assert their rights because of the likelihood of violent white
resistance. The federal government refused to enforce the Supreme Court rulings.
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