The Freedom Riders were a group of civil rights activists who in 1961 rode interstate buses into the segregated southern United States to challenge racial segregation and promote desegregation in public transportation. Their courageous actions highlighted the injustices of Jim Crow laws, galvanized national attention, and ultimately contributed to the passage of significant civil rights legislation, including the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
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