freedom rider
noun
Simple meaning
In the United States during 1961, a civil rights activist who participated in one or more trips by bus or other forms of transport.
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IPA pronunciation (US)
ˈfɹidəmɹaɪdɚ
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noun
USpoliticshistorical
In the United States during 1961, a civil rights activist who participated in one or more trips by bus or other forms of transport, known as freedom rides, through parts of the southern U.S. to demonstrate opposition to racial prejudice and segregation.
USpoliticshistorical
One of an interracial group of civil rights activists who rode buses through parts of the South in order to protest racial segregation
Australiapoliticshistoricalby extension
A participant in a similar excursion undertaken by protesters in Australia in 1965 in opposition to unfair discrimination against Indigenous Australians.
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