Freedom Riders Letter from a Birmingham Jail

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Freedom Riders Letter from a Birmingham Jail Standing Firm Freedom Riders Letter from a Birmingham Jail

Freedom Riders (Bus One) CORE, led by James Peck, wanted to test Kennedy’s willingness to hold up desegregation on interstate buses They hoped to invoke a national violent response to force the government to be more active The bus was stopped by a white mob at the Alabama state line, the riders were beat The bus, in Birmingham, was fire bombed and the ride had to conclude Freedom Riders (Bus One)

Freedom Riders (Bus Two) The second bus continued on into Alabama where they met violence in Anniston Their bus was firebombed outside of town Greyhound refused to continue to bus CORE member from that point This will set up A second wave of rides from Nashville Freedom Riders (Bus Two)

The riders from Nashville were met in Alabama by police who beat them and drove them back to Tennessee When the riders got upon another bus, the driver refused to drive them due to fearing for his life The riders, in protest, waiting in a whites only terminal for 18 hours Only after a call from Robert Kennedy, did the bus driver continue with his route Second Ride

JFK, not trusting the word of the Alabama police, sent in US Marshals to support the riders directly He only did this after the riders from Nashville were met at the Alabama line with lead pipes and baseball bats Segregation will be banned at all interstate travel facilities Kennedy’s Response

Robert Kennedy John F Kennedy Which Kennedy did more?