10 Chapter 6 Freedom Riders

Chapter 6 Freedom Riders By 1961, there were not as many "whites only" lunch counters left in the South. But far too many waiting rooms, bathrooms, and restaurants in bus and train stations still had separate areas for blacks and whites. It didn't matter that the courts said this was illegal. Martin Luther King, Jr., spoke to President Kennedy, but the president did not take quick action to fix the situation.

到1961年，南方已经没有那么多“仅限白人”的午餐柜台了。 但是，许多候车室、浴室和公共汽车站和火车站的餐馆仍然有黑人和白人分开的区域。 法院说这是非法的并不重要。 马丁·路德·金与肯尼迪总统进行了交谈，但总统没有迅速采取行动来解决这个问题。

On May 4, 1961, a group of students boarded two buses in Washington, D.C. They were traveling to the South. At some of the rest stops, the black students sat in the "whites only" waiting rooms. Again, they were staging peaceful protests. In Anniston, Alabama, the tires of one of the buses were shot out. A bomb was thrown in the window of the other bus. As the frightened riders ran out of the bus, they were attacked. The trip was over.

1961年5月4日，一群学生在华盛顿特区登上了两辆公共汽车 他们要去南方旅行。 在一些休息站，黑人学生坐在“白人专用”的候车室里。 他们再次进行和平抗议。 在阿拉巴马州的安尼斯顿，一辆公交车的轮胎被射穿。 一枚炸弹被扔进了另一辆公共汽车的窗户。 当受惊的乘客跑出公共汽车时，他们遭到了袭击。 旅行结束了。

But the students did not give up. More groups rode buses from the North to the South. Again, students were attacked. Many were put in jail. These brave young people became known as "freedom riders." One night, a group of freedom riders held a meeting in a church in Montgomery, Alabama, where Martin came to speak. A crowd outside

但是学生们并没有放弃。 更多的团体乘坐公共汽车从北方前往南方。 学生们再次遭到袭击。 许多人被关进了监狱。这些勇敢的年轻人被称为“自由乘车者”。 一天晚上，一群自由乘车者在阿拉巴马州蒙哥马利市的一个教堂里举行了一次会议，马丁在那里发表了讲话。 外面的人群

threw stones and bottles at the church. But Martin urged everyone inside to stay strong. Together, they sang the freedom song "We Shall Overcome." Finally, the angry crowd left.

向教堂投掷石块和瓶子。 但马丁敦促所有人保持坚强。 他们一起唱起了自由之歌“我们一定会胜利”。 最后，愤怒的人群离开了。

Was this the end of segregation in these places? No. The bus station in Albany, Georgia, for example, refused to give up a whites-only waiting room. So a man named Dr. W. G. Anderson started a group called the Albany Movement. This group staged sit-ins and boycotts. For months, Martin led marches all over Albany. Once again, Martin was put in jail. Martin wanted to serve his sentence of forty-five days.

这是这些地方种族隔离的终结吗? 不。例如，乔治亚州奥尔巴尼(Albany)的公交车站就拒绝让出一个白人专用候车室。 所以一个叫w·g·安德森博士的人发起了一个叫做奥尔巴尼运动的组织。 这个团体举行了静坐和抵制活动。 几个月来，马丁带领游行队伍遍布奥尔巴尼。 马丁又一次被关进了监狱。 马丁想服刑45天。

After only a couple of days, however, Martin was freed. He had been kicked off buses and out of stores, and now he was being kicked out of jail! Yet after all the marches, and more time in jail, Martin and the rest of the leaders of the Albany Movement were faced with defeat. The segregation laws in Albany remained—at least for the time being. While some people might have given up, Martin looked at the setback as a beginning. His fight would continue.

然而，仅仅几天之后，马丁就被释放了。 他曾被赶下公共汽车，被赶出商店，现在又被赶出监狱!然而，在所有的游行和更多的监禁时间之后，马丁和奥尔巴尼运动的其他领导人都面临着失败。 奥尔巴尼的种族隔离法仍然存在——至少暂时如此。 虽然有些人可能已经放弃了，但马丁把这次挫折看作是一个开始。 他的战斗还将继续。