In 1960 some 50,000 students, both African American and white, were involved in sit-in protests. The leaders of these sit-ins later founded the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee or the SNCC. The students in these protests were tested by white students. Onlookers taunted the demonstrators and dumped food and drinks on them. When the white mob became physical the local authorities gave little assistance. Despite such thing the students were still committed and the tactics proved to be effective.

The success of the student sit-ins help to start the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE). In December 1960 the Supreme Court ruled that segregation in bus stations was illegal. The CORE leaders planned to send Freedom Riders on bus trips through the South. By doing this they hoped to draw attention to violations of the Supreme Court ruling. When the Freedom riders ent

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