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Freedom Riders Press Florida Bound Protest Across States
A multi group caravan of freedom riders traversed toward Florida testing racial segregation in bus stations with minimal incidents. In Sumter and Charleston they faced refusals for service and faced cross state tensions, while federal court actions and school desegregation battles continued in Virginia New Rochelle and Memphis amid national civil rights developments.
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Freenow Faders
Unday
Soul Carolina
Eatadel
New York
Chaylestat
Savannah
Aldomen Iderch
Gato Jacksonville
Combi
Florida
South Carolina
Charleston
Memphis
New Rochelle
U.S. Court of Appeals
New Orleans
Board of Education
York ‘Times