Answer:
The correct answer is D. The remaining students who persevered through Alabama were promptly arrested in Mississippi.
Explanation:
The Freedom Ride is the name of a form of resistance that emerged from the US Civil Rights Movement. The so-called Freedom Riders participated in the abolition of state-sanctioned segregation by driving in intercity buses to the southern United States to the implementation of the Supreme Court decisions in Morgan v. Virginia and Boyton v. Virginia, to test the prohibition of segregation in public transport, restaurants and waiting rooms.
The first Freedom Ride left Washington, D.C. on May 4, 1961, and was to reach New Orleans on May 17. The aim of the trip was to test and sue for the status quo and local laws in a joint drive by whites and blacks. The voyage and violent protests that were provoked gave the Civil Rights Movement a boost and first drew attention to the problem among American citizens and later the world. Participants were arrested partly for trespassing, unlawful assembly and violation of state and local laws.
The Freedom Riders had committed themselves to non-violent resistance before the voyage, but were aware that they might face arrests and riots.
