The Freedom Rides were a series of political protests against segregation during the American civil rights movement. Carried out by Black and white Americans who traveled together on buses through the Deep South in 1961, they were organized to challenge Jim Crow laws. The rides used nonviolent, racially inclusive direct action to provoke reactions from white segregationists, attract national media attention, and pressure the federal government to enforce desegregation laws.
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