
In 1962, segregationists set up "Reverse Freedom Rides"
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Reverse Freedom Rides - The Wams Family Never Heard About It
Lilamay williams and her nine youngest kids were picked up by segregationist Amos guthridge. He drove them to the little rocks bus terminal in arkansas, where they boarded a different bus later that summer. The family never heard about any of the admonitions around this reverse freedom rides ploy. Eme: Kennedy knew it was a stunt; martin luther king junior also spoke out against it.
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