1961
Racial violenceBook sources
Attacks on Freedom Riders
Southern United States; interracial civil-rights activists
Mobs assaulted riders challenging segregation in interstate travel. Zinn emphasizes police inaction and the failure of federal authorities to provide timely protection.
Dates preserve the source’s precision. This entry is part of a selected historical record; its qualifications and sources are retained below.
Context / qualification
Individual attacks and changing federal responses should not be collapsed into a claim of identical conduct everywhere.
Sources
- Howard Zinn, The Twentieth Century: A People’s History, H00 at 00:34:09 (approximate; supplied recording)
- Howard Zinn, The Twentieth Century: A People’s History, H00 at 00:35:03 (approximate; supplied recording)