When protesters rode buses all across the South to protest segregation in train and bus stations, the bus trips were called .....

THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT DURING THE 1950S

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When protesters rode buses all across the South to protest segregation in train and bus stations, the bus trips were called ____

A	Sit-ins
B	Freedom Rides
C	Boycott
D	Integration Rides

Explanation:

Detailed explanation-1: -Freedom Riders were groups of white and African American civil rights activists who participated in Freedom Rides, bus trips through the American South in 1961 to protest segregated bus terminals.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Freedom Riders challenged this status quo by riding interstate buses in the South in mixed racial groups to challenge local laws or customs that enforced segregation in seating. The Freedom Rides, and the violent reactions they provoked, bolstered the credibility of the American Civil Rights Movement.

Detailed explanation-3: -Through their defiance, the Freedom Riders attracted the attention of the Kennedy Administration and as a direct result of their work, the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) issued regulations banning segregation in interstate travel that fall.

Detailed explanation-4: -Freedom Rides, in U.S. history, a series of political protests against segregation by Blacks and whites who rode buses together through the American South in 1961. In 1946 the U.S. Supreme Court banned segregation in interstate bus travel.

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USA HISTORY

PROTESTS ACTIVISM AND CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE 1954 1973

THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT DURING THE 1950S