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Civil Rights - Context
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Australian Aborigines Conference
This conference was created to ask of a new policy to grant Aborigines a full citizen and equality in the Australian community. -
Brown vs Board of Education
Argued on the 9th of December 1952
ReArgued 8th December 1953
Decided 17th May 1954 -
Federal Council for Aboriginal advancement
This document was a petition to advance the civil rights movements in Australia towards the Aboriginals and to combat racism in the state of Victoria -
Malcom X assassinated
This was a big blow for the devolpment of human rights in America, as Malcom X was a very dominant figure at the time. -
Little Rock High School Desegregation
This was a major advancement is the U.S, because segregation at the time was the norm, so for a whole school to abolish it was a big deal. -
Constitutional Alteration in Australia
This document was an effort by the people of Australia to for Aboriginals to be recognized as people, not as flora and fauna in Section 127 of the constitution. -
Martin Luther the King assassinated
This, along with Malcom X, was a shocking example of the still evident racism in the U.S and was a blow to African American civil rights activists all over North America -
Education given to Aboriginal girls in NSW
This was an example of the growing acceptance of racial discrimination in Australia and the journey to fix it, which in this case was the implementation of education.
