Freedom Riders -

America and
Australia
Australian Freedom Rides
A group of students from the university of Sydney,
inspired by the United States, got on a bus on
February 12th, 1965 and drove through regional
towns such as Walgett, Kempsey and others the
experience of Aboriginal Australians.

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Australian Freedom Rides

Watch Youtube video below:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7EVrJBnE5y0

Visit link:
https://aiatsis.gov.au/exhibitions/1965-freedom-ride

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Walgett

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Gulargambone

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Kempsey

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Bowraville

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Moree

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Outcome/significance
What injustice were they trying to overcome?

What did the Freedom Riders achieve in terms of

change?

Were they successful or not?

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American Freedom Riders
-  One of the biggest civil rights movements of
the 1960’s in America where a group of
activists wanted to test the effects of the US
Supreme Court’s 1960 decision to end racial
discrimination on public transport.

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 American Freedom Rides

Watch Youtube video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1smGpGSa14

Visit link:
https://www.crmvet.org/riders/freedom_rides.pdf

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Outcome/significance
What injustice were they trying to overcome?

What did the Freedom Riders achieve in terms of

change?

Were they successful or not?

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