- Freedom Rides
Introduction to the events that tested the Supreme Court's 1946 decision which declared segregated seating of interstate passengers unconstitutional.
www.watson.org/~lisa/blackhistory/civilrights-55-65/freeride.html
- Freedom Riders
Extensive background on the efforts of black and white volunteers who set out to challenge segregation in the Deep South.
www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAfreedomR.htm
- Freedom Riders Foundation
In 1961, a group of black and white men and women traveled to the deep South to test the 1960 Supreme Court ruling outlawing segregation in public facilities.
www.freedomridersfoundation.org
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