One rider would abide by the South's segregation rules in order to avoid arrest and to arrange bail for those who were arrested. The rest would sit scattered throughout the rest of the bus. The Freedom Riders' tactics for their journey were to have at least one interracial pair sitting in adjoining seats and at least one black rider sitting up front, where seats under segregation had been reserved for white customers by local custom throughout the South.
The first Freedom Ride began on with thirteen riders, seven black and six white. The Freedom Riders were black and white civil rights activists who rode interstate buses together into the segregated southern United States to challenge local laws or customs that enforced segregation. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prenitice-Hall, 1975. Keeping the Dream Alive: A History of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference from King to the Nineteen-Eighties.
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