Add to My Favorites in Sidebar. Jargon is a literary term that is defined as a use of specific phrases and words by writers in a particular situation, profession or trade.
The Freedom Ride left Washington DC on May 4, 1961. It was scheduled to arrive in New Orleans on May 17, the seventh anniversary of the Brown decision. Unlike the original Journey of Reconciliation, the Freedom Ride met little resistance in the upper South.
Oxford University Press. In 1961, the Freedom Riders set out for the Deep South to defy Jim Crow laws and call for change. They were met by hatred and violence â and local police often refused to intervene. But the Riders' efforts transformed the civil rights movement.