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On 4 May 1961, the freedom riders left Washington, D.C., in two buses and headed to New Orleans. Although they faced resistance and arrests in Virginia, it was not until the riders arrived in Rockhill, South Carolina, that they encountered violence.
On 1 November 1961, the ICC ruling that segregation on interstate buses and facilities was illegal took effect. Although Kingâs involvement in the Freedom Rides waned after the federal intervention, the legacy of the rides remained with him.