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Twelve Days in May

Freedom Ride 1961

Larry Dane Brimner

2017·111 pages·Nonfiction

Historical Fiction History & Politics

For twelve history-making days in May 1961, thirteen black and white civil rights activists, also known as the Freedom Riders, traveled by bus into the South to draw attention to the unconstitutional segregation still taking place. Despite their peaceful protests, the Freedom Riders were met with increasing violence the further south they traveled.

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Twelve Days in May

Freedom Ride 1961

Larry Dane Brimner

Year

2017

Pages

111

Type

Nonfiction

Historical Fiction History & Politics

Description

For twelve history-making days in May 1961, thirteen black and white civil rights activists, also known as the Freedom Riders, traveled by bus into the South to draw attention to the unconstitutional segregation still taking place. Despite their peaceful protests, the Freedom Riders were met with increasing violence the further south they traveled.

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