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Los Viajeros de la Libertad o pasajeros de la libertad (en inglés Freedom Riders) fueron unos activistas por los derechos civiles de Estados Unidos que, en 1961 y años subsiguientes, comenzaron un periplo en autobuses interestatales por el Sur de Estados Unidos para desafiar el incumplimiento de las sentencias de la Corte Suprema de los ...
Freedom Riders were civil rights activists who rode interstate buses into the segregated Southern United States in 1961 and subsequent years to challenge the non-enforcement of the United States Supreme Court decisions Morgan v. Virginia (1946) and Boynton v. Virginia (1960), which ruled that segregated public buses were ...
8 de may. de 2024 · Freedom Rides, political protests against segregation by Blacks and whites who rode buses together through the U.S. South in 1961. Convinced that segregationists would violently protest this action, the Freedom Riders hoped to provoke the federal enforcement of the Supreme Court’s Boynton v. Virginia decision.
2 de feb. de 2010 · Freedom Riders were civil rights activists who protested segregated bus terminals in the South in 1961. They faced violent attacks, arrests and federal intervention as they challenged the Supreme Court decisions on interstate transportation facilities.
18 de jul. de 2020 · By Derrick Bryson Taylor. July 18, 2020. Representative John Lewis, who died on Friday at 80, was an imposing figure in American politics and the civil rights movement. But his legacy of...
31 de may. de 2018 · Learn about the 1961 student activist campaign to challenge segregation on interstate buses and terminals, and the violence, media attention, and federal intervention it sparked. Explore the background, timeline, and legacy of the Freedom Rides and their impact on the civil rights movement.
1 de abr. de 2023 · Freedom Riders is the powerful harrowing and ultimately inspirational story of six months in 1961 that changed America forever.
