When the first Freedom Riders reached Alabama in 1961, a.
the Anniston fire department turned high-pressure water hoses on the bus and the riders.
b.
Police Commissioner Eugene “Bull” Connor ordered his police officers to let loose their attack dogs on riders who stepped off the bus.

c.
CORE leaders called off the Freedom Ride due to threats of violence from state officials.

d.
they were attacked by angry white mobs

“what i heard was abominable,” said utterson. “it can make no change. you do not understand my position,” returned the doctor, with a certain incoherency of manner. “i am painfully situated, utterson; my position is a very strange—a very strange one. it is one of those affairs that cannot be mended by talking.” –the strange case of dr. jekyll and mr. hyde, robert louis stevenson write two to three sentences explaining how this passage creates suspense.