White activists were important to the success of which Civil Rights action?


A.)freedom rides

B.)lunch-counter sit-ins

C.)the March on Washington

D.)the Montgomery Bus Boycott

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just took the test and its (A) "freedom Rides".


Answer:

A. freedom rides is the correct answer.

Explanation:

The rides taken by the civil rights activists who rode the interstate buses in the southern states to challenge the segregation were known as freedom rides. It started in 1961 and continued in the following years. The rides aimed to challenge the US supreme court  cases of Boynton v. Virginia and Morgan v. Virginia as the southern states did not apply the ruling of these two cases. The first freedom rides was taken on May 4, 1961 and left Washington D. C for New Orleans.