Theory, a Supreme Court decision prohibiting segregation in interstate transportation should have desegregated facilities in the South. But the federal government had not enforced the ruling. What explains the indifference of the federal government, and what was the freedom riders' strategy for prodding the government to enforce the Constitution?One of the things that drew national attention the Freedom Riders was their diverse make-up: mean and women, black and white, integrated the bus stations with their presence. In the first wave of riders there were a handful of experienced activists, but a large number of the freedom riders were college students? Why do you think so many college students took part in the rides?