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Brown vs Board of education (America)
• The case was considering the issue of the race-based segregation of children into “separate but equal” public schools and whether it was constitutional. It was ruled out because of the fact that race-based segregation of children into “separate but equal” public schools violated the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment and is unconstitutional. -
Rosa Parks and the montgomery bus boycott (America)
Rosa parks was a civil rights activist and lived from February 4th 1913 – October 24th 2005. On the 1st December 1955 she refused to give up her seat for a white person and soon she was arrested and fined for breaking the laws of segregation. This started the Montgomery Bus Boycott from 1st December 1955 (the day miss Parks was arrested) – 20th December 1956. The boycott ended when the Supreme Court made a federal ruling that declared the segregated buses unconstitutional. -
Little rock nine (America)
On September 23rd 1957 Nine African Americans attempted to enrol in little rock high school, a previously white only school, however they were refused entry despite the fact that the U.S. Supreme Court ordering integration of public schools.
Eventually they were allowed access after several visits to court however the attendees of little rock were unhappy with them attending and threatened to physically block the African American students and so it was decided that that the nine students had to -
Petition for Aboriginal advancements (Australia)
Petition for a referendum Federal Council for Aboriginals Advancements 1958 Aboriginal people are suffering under disabilities (social, economic and political) therefore petitions are concerned as anxious on their behalf, requiring that the be adequately fed, clothed and housed, and given such things as securities as are the people of all races you have to come live in Australia -
Martin Luther King - "I have a dream" (America)
• On August 28th, 1963 Martin Luther King Jr. delivered the speech “I Have a Dream”. The speech was to end racism in the United States. It was deliverer to over 250,000 civil rights supporters from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. He talked about freedom, courage, and justice especially against the oppression. “I have a Dream” was a hugely influential ground breaking speech that changed the way some Americans saw racism in their own communities. “I have a dream” led the way to a cleaner Americ -
Passing of the civil rights act (America)
The Civil Rights Act of 1964, which ended segregation in public places and banned employment discrimination on the basis of national origin, race, colour, religion or sex was crowned one of the greatest civil rights acts every passed. Passage of the act was not easy. House opposition coped and changed the bill in the House Rules Committee. In the Senate, opponents attempted to talk the bill to death. The Senate filibuster was overcome through the floor leadership of Senator Hubert Humphrey of Mi -
Jim Crow laws (America)
The Jim Crow laws were state and local laws enacted primarily but not exclusively in the Southern and Border States of the United States, between 1876 and 1965. They mandated de jure segregation in all public facilities, with a "separate but equal" status for black Americans and members of other non-white racial groups. -
Aboriginal leader in racial equality plea (Australia)
Aboriginal Leader in Equality Plea Racial discrimination against Aboriginals still existed in Australia, in many cases the discrimination was coming from uneducated Europeans -
Mrs Badler (Australia)
Mrs Badler states 19th of May 1967. Mrs Badler (born 1918, in Tumbulgum (New South Wales)) she was a leader of aboriginal and Torres Strait islander’s rights. -
Martin Luther assassinated (America)
At 6:01 p.m. on April 4, 1968, civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. Was hit by a sniper's bullet. Without warning, he was shot, King was immediately taken to a nearby hospital but was pronounced dead at 7:05 pm had been standing on the balcony in front of his room at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee. The 30-caliber rifle bullet entered King's right cheek, travelled through his neck, and finally stopped at his shoulder blade. In outrage of the murder, many blacks took to the streets