.In 1961, James Farmer orchestrated and led the famous Freedom Rides through the South, which are renowned for forcing Americans to confront segregation in bus terminals and on interstate buses. In the spring of that year, James Farmer trained a small group of freedom riders, teaching them to deal with the hostility they were likely to encounter using nonviolent resistance. This training would serve them

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.In 1961, James Farmer orchestrated and led the famous Freedom Rides through the South, which are renowned for forcing Americans to confront segregation in bus terminals and on interstate buses. In the spring of that year, James Farmer trained a small group of freedom riders, teaching them to deal with the hostility they were likely to encounter using nonviolent resistance. This training would serve them

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- Senator Charles Robb, "A Tribute to an American Freedom Fighter," U.S. Senate The activities described in this statement helped lead to
President Harry Truman's order to desegregate the military
O ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment
O a decision by the Supreme Court to integrate public school
O passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964

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The activities described in this statement helped lead to the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The Freedom Rides and other acts of nonviolent resistance played a crucial role in bringing attention to the issue of segregation and pushing for civil rights legislation to be passed.