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STOLEN GENERATIONS
The Stolen Generations were the children of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent who were removed from their families by the Australian Federal and State government agencies -
DAY OF MOURNING
The Day of Mourning was a day of protest held by Aboriginal Australians on 26 January 1938. It was a protest of 150 years of the seizure of land. -
Linda Brown Topeka, Kansas
Linda Brown sued the Board of Education because she wasn't aloud to attend the local schools due to racial segregation. The Brown v. Board of Education case was a great successe overturned the decision of 1896, which allowed state-sponsored segregation . -
Civil Rights Act of 1957
Civil Rights Act of 1957 marked the first occasion that the federal government undertook significant legislative action to protect civil rights. -
Voting rights of Australian Aborigines
Under Australia's Federal system, there was restrictions on Aborigines voting in Federal elections until 1962. -
Martin Luther King, Jr: "I Have a Dream" speech.
Delivered to over 250,000 civil rights supporters from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, the speech was a defining moment of the American Civil Rights Movement -
Australian referendum, 1967
The referendum approved two amendments to the Australian constitution relating to Indigenous Australians which became law on 10 August 1967 following the results of the referendum. -
National Sorry Day
National Sorry Day is an annual event held in Australia to remember and commemorate the mistreatment of the continent's indigenous population. -
Bringing Them Home report
Australian Report of the National Inquiry into the Separation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children from Their Families.
