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Inspired by the Freedom Riders of the American Civil Rights Movement, in 1964 students from the University of Sydney formed a group called the Student Action for Aborigines, led by Charles Perkins (the first Indigenous Australian to graduate tertiary education) among others, and travelled into New South Wales country towns on what some of them considered a fact-finding mission. [1]
"Freedom Ride" is about Charles Perkins, one of the first Aboriginal people to graduate from university. He was also the leader of the 1965 freedom rides that challenged segregation practices in northern NSW. [2] [4] [5] [7] This film was directed by Rachel Perkins. [8] The running time is 54 minutes. [5]
Moree Baths and Swimming Pool is a heritage-listed swimming pool at Anne Street, Moree, New South Wales, Australia.It was the site of one of the successful protests by Aboriginal Australians for their rights during the Freedom Ride in February 1965.
Henry "Hank" James Thomas (born August 29, 1941) is an African American civil rights activist and entrepreneur.Thomas was one of the original 13 Freedom Riders who traveled on Greyhound and Trailways buses through the South in 1961 to protest racial segregation, holding demonstrations at bus stops along the way.
The 2011 Student Freedom Ride, which was sponsored by PBS and American Experience, commemorated the 50th anniversary of the original Freedom Rides. Students met with civil rights leaders along the way and traveled with original Freedom Riders such as Ernest "Rip" Patton, Joan Mulholland, Bob Singleton, Helen Singleton, Jim Zwerg, and Charles ...
Additionally, the work notes that 24% of respondents of a Gallup Poll conducted in 1961 were in favor of the Freedom Rides, while 66% of the respondents of the same poll believed that racial segregation in bus transportation should be abolished; by the time the book was published, reception was highly positive to the Freedom Rides.
Freedom Ride (Australia), 1965 bus journey led by Charlie Perkins, to highlight racism against Indigenous Australians; Reverse Freedom Rides, 1962 counter-action by segregationists, to the Freedom Rides in the southern United States
In 1965, in Australia, a Freedom Ride was organized to highlight racial discrimination against Aboriginal Australians. [ 49 ] In 2011, as part of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict , Palestinian activists attempting to flout Israeli restrictions took a bus from the West Bank to Jerusalem .