Who: 13 African-American and white civil rights activists recruited by Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), a U.S. civil rights group
What: a series of bus trips When: May 4, 1961 Where: Departed from Washington, D.C. driving through the American South Why: to protest segregation in interstate bus terminals |
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Obstacles:
Severe violence, brutal beatings, bus bombing, angry mobs, lack of police protection, arrest
Severe violence, brutal beatings, bus bombing, angry mobs, lack of police protection, arrest