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freedom rider
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freedom rider
n.
One of an interracial group of civil rights activists in the early 1960s who rode buses through parts of the southern United States for the purpose of challenging racial segregation.
freedom ride n.
freedom rider
n
(Government, Politics & Diplomacy) US a person who participated, esp in the 1960s, in an organized tour, usually by public transport in the South, in order to protest against racism and put federal laws on integration to the test
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Noun1.freedom rider - one of an interracial group of civil rights activists who rode buses through parts of the South in order to protest racial segregation
civil rights activist, civil rights leader, civil rights worker - a leader of the political movement dedicated to securing equal opportunity for members of minority groups


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1961 Protesting segregation, busloads of white and black civil-rights activists make Freedom Rides through the South, inspiring gay activists to launch the current Soulforce Equality Ride.
Gays & buses by Avery, Dan / The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine)
She describes how the two met in Nashville, then summarizes earlier attempts to challenge segregation and recounts in detail the May 1961 Freedom Ride from Nashville to Birmingham.
Ann Bausum: Freedom Riders: John Lewis and Jim Zwerg on the Front ... by Isaacs, Kathleen / The Horn Book Magazine
The so-called Freedom Ride was intended to pressure Congress to pass a measure granting amnesty to illegal aliens.
A posse of pretenders: have America's political leaders contracted a ... by Grigg, William Norman / The New American
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