freedom rider
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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He was a freedom rider, along with two of his children.
From Washington Post • Dec. 9, 2022
King called Robinson "a sit-inner before the sit-ins, a freedom rider before the Freedom Rides."
From Salon • May 14, 2022
“Lady Godiva was a freedom rider / She didn’t care if the whole world looked,” went “Maude’s” theme, memorably sung by Donny Hathaway.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 8, 2022
Keith Plessy told the Board of Pardons that members of a 20th century civil rights group told him that Homer Plessy was the first freedom rider.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 17, 2021
In the words of one-time freedom rider John Lewis, the movement was a “holy crusade.”
From Time • Mar. 6, 2015
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