Freedom Rides and Sit-ins

• Who organised the Sit-ins?

  SNCC (Snicc)
• Where were the initial sit-ins?

  Greensboro, North Carolina
• Where were the sit-ins held?

  At a Woolworths counter
• What did the sit-ins develop into?

  'Swim-ins' or 'read-ins'
• What were the sit-ins an example of?

  Non-violent and direct action, as promoted by MLK
• How many students began the initial sit-in?

  4 students
• What happened to the students?

  Police were unable to do anything, however the students faced violence from white Americans
• How many cities were the sit-ins across?

  150 cities
• When did the initial Woolworths desegregate?

  By July 1960 after losing $200,000
• How many students were involved in the Sit-ins?

  Over 70,000
• Where was an example of a sit-in?

  Baton Rouge, Lousiana
• What occurred at Baton Rouge?

  Two students were arrested for staging two sit ins at a lunch counter and on greyhound buses
• What were they arrested for at Baton Rouge?

  For breaching the peace, but bail was paid by the Church
• What did the arrests at Baton Rouge result in?

  Protestors marched to Louisiana state capitol
• What happened as a result of the students being suspended from their uni?

  The Supreme Court overturned all 16 charges in 1960
• When were Baton Rouge counters desegregated?

  1963
• When were the Freedom Rides?

  1961
• Who carried out the Freedom Rides?

  CORE
• What were the Freedom Rides?

  People rode on interstate buses in order to test desegregation of buses as assured by Boynton v Virginia
• How many students were on the initial freedom rides?

  4 black ad 4 white students
• Where was the initial freedom rides?

  From Virginia to Mississippi
• Who was the chief of police in Alabama?

  Eugene Conner
• What was Eugene Conner's nickname?

  Eugene 'Bulldog' Conner
• What did Conner actively allow?

  Allowed police to have a day off so they could attack in the mob with no intervention
• What did the JFK administration order?

  The desegregation of interstate transport
• Who helped the desegregating of interstate buses?

  The Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC)
• What did the ICC issue?

  Regulations banning segregation in interstate travel in the autumn