Thirteen people seven white, six black, along the way they seen these signs that said white waiting, colored, waiting, white men waiting, colored me, white women, colored women, segregation was the order of the day. The thirteen Freedom Riders left Washington D.C., to got to Montgomery. A few days later they encounter a violent reception. They rode the bus to end the bus segregation. They didn't fight back because then they will lose all their rights. http://www.cdsporch.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/FreedomRidersPBS_600.jpg