However, the earliest known reference is more specific: Inquiry of an Italian employee of the bureau elicited the information that a âgandy dancerâ is a railway worker who tamps down the earth between the ties, or otherwise âdancesâ on the track.
Eventually the federal government intervened to see that integration was enforced. By the time the Freedom Rides were over, segregation had suffered another blow. The Freedom Rides became a defining part of the civil rights movement, and the Freedom Riders became models of the heroism that transformed race relations.
Students examine the role of children and teenagers in the civil rights. movement in the United States and Indiana.They read the stories of young. people who showed courage and made a difference by going to school,and. explore state and local history by carrying out an oral history project. LESSON 2. LESSON 1.