Sydney Morning Herald | Freedom ride: day of song and gratitude 50 years after original ride Sydney Morning Herald It was a day of songs and gratitude to the original Freedom Riders who 50 years ago hopped on a bus heading for Aboriginal equality. On Wednesday afternoon buses containing 28 of the next generation of freedom riders and about a dozen of the original ... Fifty years on, Freedom Ride again holds up a mirror to white Australia Freedom Ride sets off 50 years after original civil rights protest Freedom Ride's 50th anniversary marked at Sydney University |