"The [Freedom Riders] are heroes who came and made significant ... Looking back, Uncle Gary said the protests beamed a light on a dark chapter of Australia's history and sparked a new generation ...

Gomeroi man Uncle Wayne Nean reflects on the day he met a remarkable group of students who had driven to regional NSW to stand up to racism: The Freedom Riders.

Although Mr Williams was unable to join his fellow Freedom Riders for the entirety of the journey, he remembers meeting up with the group in Bowraville, where Aboriginal people were banned from ...

Similarly Rev. Jim Lawson, part of the second wave of Freedom Riders, had studied nonviolent philosophy and techniques in India and trained future leaders of the Nashville Student Movement prior ...

Two groups sat behind signs “Greyhound” and “Trailways” on a stage in Amherst in a scene recreating the spring 1961 bus journey of the Freedom Riders and their historic stand for equality ...

advocates for riders' freedom to wear the turban instead of a traffic helmet, along with fighting discrimination meted out to Sikhs. “If Australia were a Christian country, then we could have ...

Russell's effort and that of Rilee Rossouw (41 off 30) pushed the Knight Riders to a good total but the bowlers let them down as Freedom's openers set the chase up which eventually ended with six ...