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Saw it, and they were afraid that the civil rights struggle would somehow distract or deflect from the main event. >> many are saying enough is enough. they want the president to take action against the brutal oppression that so many african-americans are forced to endure. >> in the south, blacks could not ride on the same buses, or at least at the front of the bus, with whites. >> so in late may of 1961 there were these young black and white students who decided that they were going to integrate the interstate bus system in america. they called themselves the freedom riders. >> they're going ...

>> so they didn't get the terrible, terrible prejudice of southern whites against blacks. >> they were worried about russia. they were worried about the cold war, about the big game as they saw it, and they were afraid the civil rights struggle would somehow distract or deflect from the main event. >> many are saying enough is enough. they want the president to take action against the brutal oppression that so many african-americans are forced to endure. >> in the south, blacks could not ride on the same buses, or at least at the front of the bus, with whites. >> so in late may of 1961 there w...

Prejudice of southern whites against blacks. >> they were worried about russia. they were worried about the cold war. about the big game as they saw it. they were afraid that the civil rights struggle would somehow distract or deflect from the main event. >> many are saying enough is enough. they want the president to take action against the brutal oppression that so many african-americans are forced to endure. >> in the south, blacks could not ride on the same buses, or at least at the front of the bus, with whites. >> so in late may of 1961, there were these young black and white students wh...

Terrible, terrible prjs prejudice of southern whites against blacks. >> they were worried about russia. they were worried about the cold war. about the big game. s they sought. they were afraid that the civil rights struggle would somehow distract or deflect from the main event. >> many are saying enough is enough. they want the president to take action against the brutal oppression that so many african-americans are forced to endure. >> in the south, blacks could not ride on the same buss or at least at the front of the bus with whites. >> so in late may of 1961, there were these young black ...

Don't miss a day of brilinta. >> rosa parks refused to give up her seat and go to the back of a city bus. she was arrested and taken into custody. rosa parks was fined $10 plus a $4 court fee. the montgomery busboy cot to protest segregated seating on buses started four days later on december 5, 1955, and continued for just over a year. on december 20, 1956, the u.s. supreme court upheld a judge's order to the city of montgomery to integrate its bus system. the busboy cot ended the next day. rosa parks boarded a montgomery bus and road in the front of the bus. president obama sat on that bus a...