Article of the Day:The Freedom Rides

Article of the Day:
The Freedom Rides
After the US Supreme Court ruled in the case of Boynton v. Virginia (1960) that racial segregation in public transportation is illegal, civil rights activists organized the Freedom Rides, in which interracial groups of participants rode public transportation in the southern US to challenge local laws enforcing segregation. Though many riders were beaten and arrested, people continued to join the campaign, propelling it forward. How else did the riders protest racial discrimination? More…: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tfd.mobile.TfdSearch