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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.
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.