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Make this announcement. that the city is now under martial law and troops are on the way into montgomery. >> now, this thing with king and all of the so-called freedom riders is to return to their homes, go back to their books, and mind their own business. >> finally, with federal intervention, the freedom riders were put on a bus and headed to jackson. >> we pull on into jackson.
>> we pull on into jackson. the wagon was waiting for us. >> you are under arrest -- >> we didn't know it at the time, but the kennedys had agreed that the freedom riders could be imprisoned. >> the kennedy administration makes a deal whereby the mississippi police units agree that there will be no violence, but the tradeoff is that every freedom rider arriving in jackson immediately will be arrested. >> officials in mississippi think they found a legal way to circumvent desegregation. their method, calling any defiance of segregation a threat to the peace in an area where popular feelings run...
We pull on into jackson. the wagon was waiting for us. >> we didn't know it at the time but the kennedys had agreed that the freedom riders could be imprisoned. >> the kennedy administration makes a deal where by the mississippi police units agree every freedom rider in jackson will be arrested. >> officials in mississippi think they found a legal way to circumvent desegregation. their method calling defiance of segregation a threat to the peace in an area where popular feelings run so high.
We pull on into jackson. the wagon was waiting for us. >> we didn't know it at the time but the kennedys had agreed that the freedom riders could be imprisoned. >> the kennedy administration makes a deal where by the miss -- mississippi police units agree every freedom rider in jackson will be arrested. >> officials in mississippi think they found a legal way to circumvent desegregation. their method calling defiance of segregation a threat to the peace in an area where popular
We pull on into jackson. the wagon was waiting for us. >> we didn't know it at the time but the kennedys had agreed that the freedom riders could be imprisoned. >> the kennedy administration makes a deal where by the miss mispoli -- mississippi police units agree every freedom rider in jackson will be arrested. >> officials in mississippi think they found a legal way to circumvent desegregation. their method calling defiance of segregation a threat to the