Freedom Summer/Riders (may 4, 1961 – dec 10, 1961)
Description:
Freedom Riders were civil rights activists who rode buses into segregated south to challenge the non-enforcement of the United States Supreme Court decisions but Southern states had ignored the rulings and the federal government did nothing to enforce them.Added to timeline:
Date:
may 4, 1961
dec 10, 1961
~ 7 months