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In 1944 Irene Morgan was arrested because she wouldn't give up her seat on a bus to a white man. Court ruled all commercial buses to be segragated.
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was a two-week journy that sixteen men (eight black and eight white) went on into south becuase of the Irene morgan v. Virginia case which ruled that all commercial buses have to be segragated.
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In 1960 the supreme court ruled segregationon public transportation was unconstitutional, because of the Interstate Commerce Act in which prohibited discrimination in interstate passenger transportation.
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The first freedom ride, leaving Washington DC was to arrive in New Orleans on May 17. there were thirteen freedom riders (seven black and six white) riding on a Grayhound and a Trailways bus.
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The Ku Klux Klan plannned for the freedom ride to come to an end in Alabama. The FBI arranged for the mob to have fifteen minutes to attack the freedom riders without any arrests being made.
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Some of the people who took this historical trip were: Julia Aaron, Zev Alenoy, Thomas Madison Armstrong, Gloria Buaknight, James L. Bevel, George Blevins Travis Britt, Malcom Boyd, Joan C. Brown Stokely Carmichael, Doris J. Castle, and William Sloane Coffin
