The Promised Land by Chuck Berry
1961
Freedom Rides
Washington, DC to southern states in the US
4th May, 1961 - 10th December, 1961
During freedom rides, civil rights activists rode interstate buses to the segregated parts of Southern US. The rides took place as the Southern states ignored the ruling that segregated buses were unconstitutional and the federal government did nothing to enforce them. The activists were confronted with arrests from police as well as violence from white protestors.
The Promised Land by Chuck Berry addresses the several cities where the Freedom Riders stopped in its lyrics.