Freedom Rides Part 2

                    !-Day-2-Of-The-Freedom-Rides-!

when the bus arrived in Moree the towns folk threw rotten food items at the bus of college students. Not all the kids on the bus were aboriginal some were and the rest were white people. In Moree the freedom riders went to the swimming pool ware aboriginal people where not allowed and the freedom riders protested that this was unfair so they let them into the pool and when they went and got the rest of the towns aboriginal kids the swimming pool told them to go away.   

the bus and students that did the freedom rides

A map of the towns and cities the freedom riders visited

some information on Charles Perkins 

     !all images taken from google images!

The Journey Begins

Where did they go.  Moree, Walgett, Sydney, Gulargambone, wellington, Tenterfield and Boggabilla.  

Why. this event happened because aboriginal people were being treated unfairly and nobody knew about it  so the aboriginal people set out on a 14 day trip around to many different towns in western NSW to spread and get the message around about what was happening and how the aboriginal people were being treated.

Charles Perkins was born on  June 16, 1936 and he was born in Alice springs. charles attended the uni of Sydney in 1966. Perkins 

1. spouse- Eileen Perkins (m. 1961–2000)
2.  children- Rachel, Hettie, and Adam perking

!information taken from! https://www.google.com.au/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&es_th=1&ie=UTF-8#q=charles%20perkins&es_th=1 

NSW - 14 days - awareness about unfair treatment of aboriginal people
Inspired by Martin Luther King who did it in the USA

Nervous about Walgett and Moree - very racist

1.  (12-26 of February 1965) 
2. Tomorrow we begin our Freedom Ride through western New South Wales towns to draw attention to the racism and un fair treatment towards the aboriginal people. Aboriginal Leader Charles Perkins was, by the end of the journey, a national figure in the fight for Aboriginal rights. Not all the people on the bus were aboriginal people. the freedom rides lasted for like 14 days the aboriginal people went to many towns including Moree, Walgett, Sydney, Gulargambone, wellington, Tenterfield and Boggabilla.  

11/2/65

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