THE 1970S 1969 1979
SUPREME COURT CASE ROE V WADE
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Question
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Little Rock Nine
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Freedom Riders
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Black Panthers
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Montgomery Bus Boycott
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Detailed explanation-1: -On September 22, 1961, after six months of protests, arrests, and press conferences by the Freedom Riders, the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) finally outlawed discriminatory seating practices on interstate bus transit and ordered the removal of “whites only” signs from interstate bus terminals by November 1.
Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -The riders sang songs, made signs, and refused to move even though facing arrest, assault, and possible death. Three years after the first Freedom Ride, the U.S. Civil Rights Act of 1964 was passed, outlawing segregation in public facilities in all parts of the United States.
Detailed explanation-4: -James Farmer, New York, NY Co-founder and National Director of the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), James “Jim” Farmer was the architect of the original CORE Freedom Ride of 1961.