Freedom Riders
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U.S. activists who rode interstate buses in interracial groups to show the continuing prevalence of segregation
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Vinony's link graph records 1,264 inbound references to Freedom Riders, and connects out to New Orleans, Ku Klux Klan and Supreme Court of the United States.
It is catalogued under topics including 1961 in American politics, 1961 protests and African-American history of Alabama.
Vinony links it to 19 Wikipedia language editions.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- caravan
- Main subject
- racial segregation in the United States
- Movement
- civil rights movement
- Image
- Exhibit on Freedom Riders - Center for Civil and Human Rights - Atlanta - Georgia - USA (33468216774).jpg
- Organizer
- Congress of Racial Equality
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- Commons category
- Freedom Riders
- topic's main category
- Category:Freedom Riders
- uses
- bus
- start time
- 1961-05-04
- end time
- 1961-12-10
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Categories
1961 in American politics1961 protestsAfrican-American history of AlabamaAfrican-American history of MississippiAfrican-American history of South CarolinaBus transportation in the United StatesCivil rights movement protestsConflicts in 1961Freedom RidersHistory of African-American civil rightsHistory of the Southern United StatesJames BevelJohn LewisNashville Student Movement