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Definition of Freedom rider
1. Noun. One of an interracial group of civil rights activists who rode buses through parts of the South in order to protest racial segregation.
Definition of Freedom rider
1. Noun. (politics public policy) In the United States during the 1960s, a civil rights activist who participated in one or more bus trips, known as freedom rides, through parts of the southern U. S. to demonstrate opposition to racial prejudice and segregation. ¹
2. Noun. (politics public policy) A participant in one or more of the similar excursions undertaken by protesters in Australia during the 1960s, in opposition to unfair discrimination against Aborigines. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
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