Freedom Riders, By John Lewis, A Former Freedom Rider

â€Å"If not us, then who? If not now, then when?† This quote from John Lewis, a former Freedom Rider I believe with those words perfectly describes why these Freedom Riders began their journey. After reading the textbook, Visions of America and watching the video clip from American Experience of Freedom Riders I was able to make myself knowledgeable about Freedom Riders. Both the textbook and the video I thought engaged me into the information I was either reading or listening. So, what exactly are Freedom Riders, what were the impacts of this event and why is this so important to our history? In the year of 1961, civil rights activists gathered and traveled together on buses to the segregated areas in the southern part of the United States.†¦show more content†¦Lastly before they left there was mix of motives to not get hurt but yet there was the possibility of getting arrested or killed. At this time, John F. Kennedy was the President and he wanted to spread freedo m to everywhere but the Deep South because he was too worries about the Soviet Union. President Kennedy continued to remain silent about Civil Rights. As the trip started the first two days were uneventful and in fact pretty easy. One rider said if it says the same then will have accomplished what we came to do. Martin Luther King Jr. was an icon for these riders and some of the riders were pulled aside to talk with him. As they are heading into the most dangerous location of the trip many are becoming fearful. Upon arriving to Alabama, there were about 200 people around the bus stay screaming at them and calling them names. Some of those were: â€Å" let’s kill these niggers these nigger lovers†(Freedom Riders). They stood around the bus to make sure that the bus could not move. One rider said, â€Å"we sat there for about 10-15 minutes but it felt like hours†. Once, the driver was able to drive out of the bus stop there was a car diving in front of him that was making it difficult to get by. Just as they thought things could not get any worse the bus gets a flat tire and the bus drivers tries to fix it but couldn’t so he walk away and leaves the riders on the bus to fend for themselves. As the bus is sitting there aShow MoreRelatedViewing The Protest Made Me Feel Extremely Sad. The Entire1749 Words   |  7 Pagesminutes of the film was spent mostly in tears. After reading the book, putting a face to the horrific things that has happened to these freedom riders was overwhelming. Hence, the protest is immensely justified. It portrayed that all what these men and women wanted was to not be subjugated by white supremacists anymore. It also shows that these active freedom riders wanted to curtail the erroneous idea that blacks were inferior to whites. 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