Question

Why did the freedom riders consider their ride to Alabama a success?

Answer 1

Although this initial freedom ride campaign was not regarded as a great success during its time, it inspired the 1961 Freedom Rides that fueled the U.S. Civil Rights Movement. ... Despite these two Supreme Court rulings, in 1961 African Americans were still harassed on interstate buses and facilities were segregated.

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Answer 2

because it got the attention of U.S. Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, brother of President John F. Kennedy, and he began negotiating with Governor John Patterson of Alabama and the bus companies to secure a driver and state protection for the new group of Freedom Riders. The rides finally resumed, on a Greyhound bus departing Birmingham under police escort, on May 20.