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On April 10, 1947, CORE sent a group of eight white (including [[James Peck (pacifist)|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 travel.<ref name=":1">{{Cite book |last=Nishani |first=Frazier |title=Harambee City: the Congress of Racial Equality in Cleveland and the rise of Black Power populism |date=2017 |publisher=University of Arkansas Press |isbn=9781610756013 |location=Fayetteville |pages=43–45 |oclc=973832475}}</ref><ref name=":2">Meier and Rudwick, ''CORE'', pp. 33–39.</ref>	On April 10, 1947, CORE sent a group of eight white (including [[James Peck (pacifist)|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 travel.<ref name=":1">{{Cite book |last=Nishani |first=Frazier |title=Harambee City: the Congress of Racial Equality in Cleveland and the rise of Black Power populism |date=2017 |publisher=University of Arkansas Press |isbn=9781610756013 |location=Fayetteville |pages=43–45 |oclc=973832475}}</ref><ref name=":2">Meier and Rudwick, ''CORE'', pp. 33–39.</ref>
The group was comprised of only men to get around certain laws of the time that restricted the mixing of males and females. These participants then underwent rigorous training aimed at equipping them with the necessary skills to react non-violently, even in the face of violent behaviors. They would act out intense role-playing exercises to simulate real-life scenarios they may encounter, in an attempt to better their resolve in the face of violence. Throughout the two-week period, they completed a total of twenty-six demonstrations on buses or trains. Out of these twenty-six demonstrations, six resulted in arrests. The members of this group did receive a great deal of publicity and this marked the beginning of a long series of similar campaigns.<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":1" /><ref name=":02">{{Cite journal |last=Meier |first=August |last2=Rudwick |first2=Elliott |date=1969 |title=The First Freedom Ride |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/273469 |journal=Phylon (1960-) |volume=30 |issue=3 |pages=217 |doi=10.2307/273469 |issn=0031-8906}}</ref>	The group was composed only of men to get around certain laws of the time that restricted the mixing of males and females. These participants then underwent rigorous training aimed at equipping them with the necessary skills to react non-violently, even in the face of violent behaviors. They would act out intense role-playing exercises to simulate real-life scenarios they may encounter, in an attempt to better their resolve in the face of violence. Throughout the two-week period, they completed a total of twenty-six demonstrations on buses or trains. Out of these twenty-six demonstrations, six resulted in arrests. The members of this group did receive a great deal of publicity and this marked the beginning of a long series of similar campaigns.<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":1" /><ref name=":02">{{Cite journal |last=Meier |first=August |last2=Rudwick |first2=Elliott |date=1969 |title=The First Freedom Ride |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/273469 |journal=Phylon (1960-) |volume=30 |issue=3 |pages=217 |doi=10.2307/273469 |issn=0031-8906}}</ref>
==== The First "Freedom Ride" ====	==== The First "Freedom Ride" ====

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