https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_Riders
1961 was the year of the ‘Freedom Riders’
Riots pretty much wherever they went. Kennedy denounced them although you will never here that repeated in the media...
Comparative to what happened later in the ‘60s, 1961 was an oasis of calm.
For most people in the country, it was still like the good old ‘Fifties. For me anyway.