Freedom Riders

• CORE and SNCC carried out 'freedom rides' to see if bus rides were desegregated
• 1961 - Supreme Court room was not implemented in the deep south
• This lead to desperate measures being taken
• Anniston, Alabama was firebombed, first 2 buses were attacked even with white riders, all beaten up
• 50 cars chased the bus including the police
• Media showed this shocking level of violence
• Freedom riders were imprisoned and further beaten up in Montgomery
• 3 killed and others rioting continued
• Freedom rides were successful as interstate travel finally became desegregated as a result