Bolstered7 by the success of direct action, CORE activists planned the first freedom ride in 1961. To challenge laws mandating segregated interstate transportation, busloads of integrated black and white students rode through the South. The first freedom riders left Washington, D. C., in May 1961 en route to New Orleans. Several participants were arrested in bus stations. When the buses reached Anniston, Alabama, an angry mob slashed the tires on one bus and set it aflame. The riders on the other bus were violently attacked, and the freedom riders had to complete their journey by plane. How does paragraph 7 contribute to the ideas in the text?
A. It describes a different time in history when people protested.
B. It describes a different form or protest where the protestors got violent.
C. It describes how protestors reacted when they were arrested at the lunch
counters.
D. It describes how a different protest emerged that was inspired by the success of the sit-in movement.