The Freedom Rides (1961)
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Sent Black and white activists on interstate buses to test desegregation; faced violent attacks in the South
- B
Were peaceful charity rides only; activists faced no resistance or violence anywhere in the South
- C
Failed entirely; the ICC refused to enforce desegregation on interstate buses until the late 1970s
- D
Were horseback caravans crossing the Mississippi to test rural desegregation in plantation counties
Explanation
Federal action eventually enforced desegregation of interstate transit.