19. Freedom Riders
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What word would you use to describe the actions of the Freedom Riders: brave, righteous, reasoned, or something else?
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Beginning in May of 1961, civil rights activists who engaged in interstate travel to protest segregation in the American Southwest were dubbed the “Freedom Riders.” This diverse group of individuals intended to display that any form of segregation between individuals in interconnecting states was equal to segregation in the United States.