YEAR 10 HISTORY CIVIL RIGHTS TIMELINE! By AKIMBOGUY Jan 1, 1920 First aboriginal rights organisations formed 1920's to 30's 20's to 30's Period: Jan 1, 1920 to Jan 1, 2011 civil rights timeline for history. Jan 1, 1937 Official Policy of Assimilation of Aboriginal People Jan 26, 1938 First Day of Mourning and Protest Sep 1, 1939 World War II Begins Sep 2, 1945 World War II Ends and United Nations Charter is Written May 1, 1946 Pilbara Aboriginal Pastoral Strike Dec 9, 1948 United Nations Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide Dec 10, 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights Jan 1, 1949 Geneva Convention Jan 1, 1951 Policy of Assimilation of Non-British Migrants Jan 1, 1953 Aboriginal Protests Against Atomic Testing at Emu/Maralinga sites 1953 to 63 Jan 1, 1954 US Supreme Court Ends Racially Segregated Education Dec 1, 1955 Montgomery Bus Boycott (US) Begins, US Civil Rights Movement Begins Jun 10, 1957 Palm Island Strike, Queensland Jan 1, 1962 Indigenous People Gain The Right To Vote In Federal Elections Nov 22, 1963 US President John F. Kennedy Is Assassinated Feb 1, 1965 Australian Student Freedom Rides Jan 1, 1966 Wattie Creek Land Rights Battle Begins May 26, 1967 Constitutional Referendum Includes Indigenous People In National Census And Gives Federal Government The Power To Make Laws For Indigenous People Apr 4, 1968 Martin Luther King Jr Is Assassinated Jan 4, 1969 UN Convention On The Elimination Of All Forms Of Racial Descrimination Jan 26, 1972 Aboriginal Tent Embassy Established Mar 23, 1976 UN Covenants On Civil And Political Rights And On Economic, Social And Cultural Rights Sep 3, 1981 UN Convention On The Elimination Of All Forms Of Descrimination Against Women Aug 10, 1987 Royal Commission Into Aboriginal Deaths In Custody Sep 2, 1990 UN Convention On The Rights Of The Child Jun 3, 1992 High Court's Mabo Decision May 26, 1997 Bringing Them Home Report May 27, 2000 Corroboree 2000, Sydney Opera House Sep 13, 2007 UN Declaration On The Rights Of Indigenous Peoples May 26, 2008 Official National Apology To Members Of The Stolen Generation Jan 1, 2009 Australia Endorses UN Declaration On The Rights Of Indigenous Peoples
