James Farmer Jr. was one of the organizers of the Freedom Rider plan. He is a civil rights activist and the director of CORE (Congress of Racial Equality). He wanted to find a non-violent solution to end the Jim Crow Laws and the Freedom Rider plan was his solution.
Fred Shuttlesworth help the injured freedom riders when we encountered violent people who didn't like our idea of ending segregation. He said "No matter how many times they beat us up, segregation has still got to go." at a mass meeting at Bethel Baptist Church.
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