Freedom Riders

Cultural  

1. A group of northern idealists active in the civil rights movement. The Freedom Riders, who included both blacks and whites, rode buses into the South in the early 1960s in order to challenge racial segregation. Freedom Riders were regularly attacked by mobs of angry whites and received often belated protection from federal officers.

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Example Sentences

Let’s take an example of a park like Freedom Riders.

From Slate • Aug. 13, 2025

Belafonte, who helped launch one of the first voter registration drives in Mississippi and helped finance the Freedom Riders, also served as a middle man between King and Atty.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 25, 2023

He supported the Freedom Riders, who travelled on buses in the Southern states challenging racial discrimination, and he idolised Martin Luther King.

From BBC • Apr. 25, 2023

"The first 50 people to arrive at the event will receive a free book from our Books Unbanned: From Freedom Riders to Freedom Readers campaign."

From Salon • Mar. 31, 2023

I wrote about the Freedom Riders who rode buses through the South in 1961 challenging segregated seating, rest rooms, and drinking fountains.

From "Silent To The Bone" by E.L. Konigsburg