The Freedom Riders were trying to enforce the law that blacks and white could sit together and travel interstate together they were trying to get the federal law to enforce those laws so people know it's ok to travel interstate and are aware that they are not breaking a law, Little Rock Nine was going for the same idea to enforce the laws of little rock so they could go to a good high school where they will get a proper education, Both the protests weren't going to the idea of changing the completely they simply just wanted them to enforce the laws so segregation wouldn't a a issue anymore. …show more content…
The Freedom Riders wanted attention they wanted everyone to know what they were doing and what they wanted they were getting their point across, an example of that would be they used the media to their advantage by showing what the white people were doing to them such as bombing their bus and beating up the riders. For as Little Rock Nine they just wanted to go to a better school for a better education they never wanted anyone else to get involved they purposely didn't want to make them going to school a enormous deal, it was just 9 students trying to go to