
In 1962, segregationists set up "Reverse Freedom Rides"
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'It's a Great American Tradition'
The plan was to use this same weapon, this greyhound bus, and send african americans north. Then they'd see if the north liked it when black people suddenly showed up in their back yard. In televised interviews, the segregationists offered lots of justifications for this scheme. Guthridge said, it was a philanthropic effort. And then there's guy, george singleman of louisiana. This was actually his original idea. He said it was a great american tradition. Years ago, our porefathers put everything in their possession into covered wagons and went out across the plains. Now to day, for some reason or other, it's being f
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