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In 1962, segregationists set up "Reverse Freedom Rides"

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Williams Family in the South

Justice department to look into whether there was anything illegal about the rides. Attorney general robert kennedy called it a disgrace and deplorable, but ended up finding that no federal law was being violated. Arso gabriella: The williamses couldn't stay in hyanas rig bcause there wer no job there. Right? By end, large the people who were dropped in hyenas a could not stay there. A very small number did stay. Some actually ended up returning to the south. But the majority, like the williams family, ended up moving to boston in search of work.

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