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150 years After British colonisation of Australia, Indigenous people didn't want to be part of a celebration, that had a reenactment of the first fleet, Instead they did a march through Sydney.This is considered to be the first Civil Rights event in Australia -
She was arrested at 15 yrs old in Montgomery, Alabama for refusing to give up her seat to a white woman on a crowded, segregated bus. -
She was arrested because she refused to give up her seat when a white man told her to -
The Montgomery bus boycott was a political and social protest against racism and segregation on public transport of Montgomery Alabama -
Some students from the University of Sydney, led by Charles Perkins, got people's attention about the living conditions of Aboriginal people and the racism against them. -
Martin Luther King did his "I Have a Dream" speech at the March on Washington -
After 10 years of campaigning, a referendum on the recognition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in the Australian Constitution was held. The vote got people's attention on the fact that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people were treated as second-class citizens. Almost 91% of Australians voted for it. -
after more than 20 years of negotiation between the Indigenous people and governments of the world. The Declaration was made. -
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd apologised to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, for stealing their kids