freedom rides

A form of freedom ride — In the United States in the 1960s (chiefly 1961), any one of a number of trips taken by bus or other forms of transport through parts of the southern U.S., made by groups of civil rights activists demonstrating their opposition to racial prejudice and segregation.

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freedom rides1

noun

alternative Freedom Rides

  1. pluralplural of freedom ride

Freedom Rides2

noun
  1. pluralplural of Freedom Ride
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