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In the 1950s, Laws against segregation in public transport were put into place.
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In the 1950s the supreme court banned segregation in public transport
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In 1952, the supreme court ruled segregation on public railways unconstitutional
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In 1954, They considered the buses like they did the trains
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While the laws were being set, the southern states didn't listen and didn't take them lightly. So they kept doing their only thing.
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In 1955, A coloured woman named Rosa Parks, was arrested because she refused to give up her seat to a white person on a bus.
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In 1961, Core, (congress on racial equality) started organising freedom rides. They trained people in non-violent ways of dealing with people. And White and Black people sat next to each other on journeys through the deep south.
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4th of may 1961, The people of Alabama were so enraged that James Patterson said that he could not guarantee protection for everyone but they drove on.
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On the 14th of May 1961, The people were split into two buses. one of the buses went into the town of Anniston in Alabama. There was an angry mob of white people with clubs. Everyone was beaten up and the bus was fire bombed with the doors held shut as to burn the freedom riders to death.