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The Journey of Reconciliation, also [1] called "First Freedom Ride", was a form of nonviolent direct action to challenge state segregation laws on interstate buses in the Southern United States. [2] Bayard Rustin and 18 other men and women were the early organizers of the two-week journey that began on April 9, 1947.
Seated at the Bus Shelter dedicated to The Journey of Reconciliation, Chapel Hill, NC, is Roodenko's niece, Amy Zowniriw. The shelter is located near the very spot where her Uncle and 3 other Journey-ers were arrested in 1947. Roodenko is in the photo just above Amy’s outstretched arm.
On April 10, 1947, CORE sent a group of eight white men, including James Peck, their publicity officer, and eight black men, on what was to be a two-week Journey of Reconciliation through Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Kentucky, to test state’s compliance with the Supreme Court’s decisions regarding segregation within interstate ...
The scope of the book ranges from the Irene Morgan case and the Journey of Reconciliation. The ending of the book refers to Irene Morgan. [1] According to David Hackett Fischer and James M. McPherson, this is the first book on the topic, written by someone who adopted being a historian as a career, that is "full-scale". [2]
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Mobilization and logistics were administered by Rustin, a civil rights veteran and organizer of the 1947 Journey of Reconciliation, the first of the Freedom Rides to test the Supreme Court ruling that banned racial discrimination in interstate travel. Rustin was a long-time associate of both Randolph and Dr. King.
The shelter commemorates The Journey with the historic photo of 9 of the Riders, part of Chapel Hill’s Art+Transit program. Just a few yards away is also an historic plaque installed to commemorate The Journey. Roodenko is in the photo just above Amy’s outstretched arm. Photo by Robin Washington.
The American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) is a Religious Society of Friends ()-founded organization working for peace and social justice in the United States and around the world.