Why Did the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) Organize the Freedom

question 19

Multiple Choice

Why did the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) organize the Freedom Rides in 1961?

• A) To transport African American voters to the polls
• B) To commemorate the emancipation of slaves in the United States
• C) To provide free transportation to poor people of all races in the South
• D) To integrate interstate transportation in the South

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