Background
The region in the US in which segregation was the highest.
What is The South?
The number of original Freedom Riders.
What is 13?
The final destination of the Freedom Riders.
What is New Orleans, Louisiana?
He ordered federal marshals to stop a white mob of 600
Who was Robert Kennedy?
The Decade of the Civil Rights Movement
What is the 1960s?
The company that produced the buses that the freedom riders rode
What is Greyhound?
The location where the freedom riders were attacked for attempting to use white only facilities.
What is Birmingham, Alabama?
This original freedom rider eventually became a senator in U.S. congress
Who was John Lewis?
The reason the Freedom Rides happened
What is to protest segregation?
The number of African Americans in the original Freedom Riders.
What is 7?
The place the Freedom Riders departed from
What is Washington, D.C.?
This white freedom rider was also a World War 2 veteran
Who was Albert Bigelow?
The court case that the Freedom Riders planned to go to New Orleans to celebrate its 7th anniversary
What is Brown Vs. Board of Education?
The date on which the Freedom Rides started.
What is May 4, 1961?
The location where the Freedom Riders' vehicle was burned.
What is Anniston, Alabama?
This leader of the Nashville Student Movement recruited 10 students to continue the Freedom Rides
Who was Diane Nash?