freedom rider

/ˌfridəm ˌraɪdər/
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Other forms: freedom riders

Definitions of freedom rider
  1. noun
    one of an interracial group of civil rights activists who rode buses through parts of the South in order to protest racial segregation
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    type of:
    civil rights activist, civil rights leader, civil rights worker
    a leader of the political movement dedicated to securing equal opportunity for members of minority groups
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