Gumbaynggirr-Bundjalung man Gary Williams understands how confronting standing up to social convention can be. He's taken 'frightening' stands all his life.
Gary Williams was a third-year arts student at Sydney University when he joined the 1965 Freedom Ride.abc.net.au/news/gary-williams-rode-with-charles-perkins-for-1965-freedom-rides/102896440Sitting down and ordering a beer at a pub in regional New South Wales changed Gumbayngirr-Bundjalung man Gary Williams' life.
The pair's pub protest was made during a stop on a 15-day bus trip around the state known as the freedom ride, which was aimed at shining a light on discriminatory local laws. "Having been through freedom rides, first referendum, even things like anti-apartheid [protests] in '71, I just feel that it's just another step forward," Mr Williams says.
The pair and a group of their classmates formed the Student Action for Aborigines , which was borne out of similar protests opposing racial segregation in the United States.
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