[Ads-l] Slight Antedating of "Freedom Ride" (Civil Rights Initiative)

[Shapiro, Fred]

freedom ride (OED 1961 [17 Apr.])

1961 Louisville Defender 6 Apr. 3 (ProQuest)

Freedom Ride, 1961, a dramatic move by the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) to complete the integration of bus service and related public accommodations in the Deep South, was announced by CORE National Director James Farmer this week.

Fred Shapiro

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