Journey of Reconciliation

Journey of Reconciliation
Journey of Reconciliation
Part of the Civil Rights Movement
Date	April 9 – 23, 1947
Location	Durham, North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Resulted in	Inconclusive
Parties
Congress of Racial Equality (CORE); American Friends Service Committee (AFSC); Fellowship of Reconciliation (FOR);	State police
Lead figures
	George Houser; James Peck; Bayard Rustin; Dennis Banks; Andrew Johnson; Conrad Lynn; Wallace Nelson; Eugene Stanley; William Worthy; Nathan Wright; Louis Adams; Ernest Bromley; Joe Felmet; Homer Jack; Worth Randle; Igal Roodenko; Frances Bergman Genevieve Hughes Walter Bergman Mae Frances Moultrie
Casualties and losses
Deaths: ; Injuries:1 ; Arrests: 16	Deaths: ; Injuries:1

The Journey of Reconciliation, also^[1] called "First Freedom Ride", was a form of nonviolent direct action to challenge state segregation laws on interstate buses in the Southern United States.^[2] Bayard Rustin and 18 other men and women were the early organizers of the two-week journey that began on April 9, 1947. The participants started their journey in Washington, D.C., traveled as far south as North Carolina, before returning to Washington, D.C.

The journey was seen as inspiring the later Freedom Rides of the Civil Rights Movement from May 1961 onward. James Peck, one of the white participants, also took part in the Freedom Ride of May 1961.

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^ "The First Freedom Ride: Bayard Rustin On His Work With CORE". History Matters. Retrieved April 29, 2008.

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