Question

u.s. history: the civil rights movement
jackson, mississippi (achieve3000, april 8, 2011). on may 4, 1961, 13 people—seven african - american and six white—left washington, d.c., on two public buses bound for new orleans, louisiana. in the southern u.s., bus stations had long been segregated. but a new supreme court ruling said that this could no longer go on. were the southern states following the ruling? or were they going on as if nothing had changed? the freedom riders aimed to find out. their experiences were often challenging. but in the end, the freedom riders helped end bus segregation.
what set the freedom riders on their task was a 1960 u.s. supreme court decision. it was called boynton vs. virginia. the court said that restaurants in interstate bus stations could not discriminate based on race. leaders for civil rights were pleased with the decision. but they were also worried. they also knew that court rulings were not always followed. (an earlier supreme court ruling had said interstate bus seating could not be segregated by race. however, this had not been followed.)
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fifty years ago, a law stopped people in the u.s. from being separated by race in bus stations. freedom riders tested that new law
what is the second paragraph mainly about?
a. the result of what the freedom rider volunteers set out to do
b. the result of the freedom riders being jailed for their actions
c. the main reason that a civil rights group called core was formed
d. the main points from the 1960 u.s. supreme court decision

Explanation:

The second paragraph starts by stating the 1960 U.S. Supreme Court decision (Boynton vs. Virginia) that set the Freedom Riders' task, explains the court's ruling (interstate bus stations' restaurants can't discriminate by race), and then mentions civil rights leaders' reactions (pleased but worried about enforcement, citing a prior unenforced ruling). Option A is incorrect as it's about the result of their action, not the paragraph's focus. Option B is incorrect as the paragraph doesn't discuss the result of them being jailed. Option C is incorrect as the paragraph doesn't explain why CORE was formed. Option D matches the content as the paragraph centers on the 1960 Supreme Court decision's main points (the ruling and related context).

Answer:

D. The main points from the 1960 U.S. Supreme Court decision