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Jim Crow law (NO OFFICAL DAY AND MONTH GIVEN)
The Jim Crow law was a law that enforced racial segregation in the south. This event was important because it was the beginning of the strong civil rights movement later on in the U.S. -
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American and Australian Civil Rights Movements
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Assimilation Policy (NO OFFICIAL DAY AND MONTH GIVEN)
In 1937, Aboriginal people were assimilated by the Commonwealth Government into wider population so that they could gradually wipe out the Aboriginal race. This event is important because it impacted the Aboriginal people with many reasons, 2 of them are which by giving them separate education and creating laws that segregated indigenous people into separate living areas which were mainly on reserves outside towns or in remote areas. -
Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycott
In 1955, Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white man on a Montgomery, Alabama, city bus. By refusing, she was convicted of violating the segregation laws. This event is important because she has sparked and helped initiate the civil rights movement in the United States. -
Freedom Riders in the U.S.
In 1961, the Freedom Rides were launched by African- Americans and white civil rights activists. They travelled through the American south to protest about segregation in interstate bus terminals while having nonviolent actions in their mind. This event is important because they encountered violence from white protestors which drew international attention because of the cause. Segregation in buses and train stations nationwide were prohibited afterwards. -
"I Have a Dream" speech by Martin Luther King, Jr
In 1963, Martin Luther King, Jr delivered a speech “I Have a Dream” in which he calls for an end to racism in the United States. This event was important because the speech was a defining moment of the American Civil Rights Movement. -
Civil Rights Act Passed
The Civil Rights Act of 1964, which ended segregation by first being proposed by John F. Kennedy. The end of segregation included in or on public places, religion, race and many more. This event was important because it brought equality to African Americans. -
Freedom Rides in Australia
In 1965, Charles Perkins organised a bus tour along with a group of Sydney University students to draw public attention to the poor state of Aboriginal health, education and housing which was done in Western Australia. This event is important because they wanted to point out and lessen the socially discriminatory barriers which existed between Aboriginal and white residents. They also wished to encourage and support Aboriginal people themselves to resist discrimination. -
Wave Hill Walk-off
In 1966, Vincent Lingiari led a walk-off consisting of many Aboriginal stockmen and house servants along with their families from Wave Hill to protest about the bad working conditions, small wages given and land rights for them. This event was important because the Gurindji people owned the land and that they shouldn’t be working as slaves, for people who took their land. -
Australian Referendum 1967
In 1967, there was a referendum held to amend the constitution to include Aboriginal people in the census and allow the Commonwealth to create laws for them. This event was important because none of those reasons were granted to the Aboriginal people before the referendum. -
Aboriginal Tent Embassy
In 1972, a beach umbrella was opened on the lawns outside the Parliament house in Canberra by 4 young Aboriginal men, along with a sign which read ‘Aboriginal Embassy’. Over following months, supporters of the embassy increased to 2000. This event was important because the police violently dismantled the tents which was caught by television film crews and was released to the public to see, which made them feel outraged and expressed their disgust to the federal government. -
Land handed back to the Gurindji people
In 1975, at Daguragu, Vincent Lingiari accepted the symbolically soil handed from Prime Minister Whitlam. This event was important because Prime Minister Whitlam had transferred the leasehold tittle to the Gurindji people who had protested about this a while ago with their walk-off.
