What was the result of the Freedom Rides?

• A. End of segregation on transport by 1962
• B. Only in the South buses attacked
• C. CORE abandoned the rides
• D. Supreme Court ruled segregation was legal

Answer: (B)

Freedom Rides were designed to test and push for desegregation of interstate travel, showing that federal enforcement was needed to overturn segregated facilities. The rides brought serious violence in the Deep South, which drew national attention and forced the federal government to act. Federal marshals protected riders, and the Interstate Commerce Commission eventually required desegregation of buses and bus terminals on interstate routes. That federal push to enforce desegregation is the key outcome, not simply that attacks occurred or that segregation ended by a specific year. The rides helped move the country toward ending segregation in interstate travel, with CORE continuing to participate rather than abandoning the effort.