The Freedom Riders challenged this status quo by riding interstate buses in the South in mixed racial groups to challenge local laws or customs that enforced segregation in seating. The Freedom Rides, and the violent reactions they provoked, bolstered the credibility of the American Civil Rights Movement.It is a group that helps students peacefully protest for their rights. What did the freedom riders hope to achieve? They hoped to finally end segregation in buses, and all other forms.The Freedom Rides brought together civil rights activists who rode interstate buses from DC into the segregated South in 1961 to challenge the non-enforcement of the U.S. Supreme Court decisions that ruled that segregated public buses were unconstitutional.
The correct encapsulation of today's divide between Republicans and Democrats is: C. Republicans believe in small national government while Democrats believe in large national government
