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Stolen Generations - Indigenous Rights
Between 1910 to 1970 many Indigenous People were forcibly removed from their families as a result of various government policies at the time. The trauma endured by loss of family still affects Indigenous communities today. Assimilation policies focused on taking children that were considered 'adaptable' to white society, usually with lighter skin. Children taken from their families were taught to reject their Indigenous culture and were forced to adopt white culture. -
National Party - South African Apartheid
In 1948 the National Party had seized power and control of South Africa and started creating and supporting policies that would be put in place to create the Apartheid. -
Population Registration Act - South African Apartheid
In 1950 the Population Registration Act was put into place, as well as the Group Areas Act, The role of these Acts was to basically segregate different races and distinguish both white and black people from each other. -
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Little Rock Nine - US Civil Rights Movement
In 1954 the US Supreme Court had made it illegal to force segregation in schools and other educational institutes. In 1957, a high school in Little Rock, Arkansas asked for African - America students to volunteer to attend a formally segregated high school. They arrived to attend class at the high school but were met by the Arkansas National Guard and a large group of white high schools students that were against having black students attend their school, and had to have state troops intervene. -
Rosa Parks - US Civil Rights Movement
In 1955 a young African American woman named Rosa Parks refused to sit in the black seating area at the back of the bus, she was arrested and ordered to pay a fine and was also arrested. Rosa Parks was the inspiration for the Montgomery Bus Boycott movement later in the same year. -
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Montgomery Bus Boycott - US Civil Rights Movement
Between 1955 to 1956 in Montgomery Alabama a group of African Americans protested against racial segregation seating on buses. They did this by refusing to ride buses in Montgomery. The U.S Supreme Court then ordered the Montgomery bus system to remove the segregated seating area. -
Sharpeville Massacre - South African Apartheid
In 1960 the Sharpeville Massacre was a massacre that occurred as a result of South Africans protesting the laws that supported the Apartheid, 69 people died in the massacre and another 180 were injured. -
Freedom Rides - US Civil Rights Movement
In 1961 seven black and six white activists set out a bus tour of the American south to protests against segregated bus terminals.The freedom riders endured violence and hatred during their tour from police officers, white protesters and members of the KKK, the freedom rides drew international attention and later inspired the freedom ride in Australia. -
Indigenous People given the right to vote - Indigenous Rights
In 1962 Indigenous Australians were granted the right to vote. Initially Indigenous people received the option to vote in Federal elections, however enrollment was not compulsory for Indigenous Australians unlike white Australians. This was not until 1984 when voting for Indigenous Australian's was made compulsory. -
The March on Washington - US Civil Rights Movement
This was one of the most famous events in the Civil Rights Movement, this was organised and attended by Civil Rights activists such as Martin Luther King, Jr. among other names. This was a peaceful protest in 1963 in Washington D.C and more than 200,000 people turned up and this is also where Martin Luther King, Jr. made his famous 'I have a dream..' speech. -
The Birmingham Campaign - US Civil Rights Movement
In 1963 Martin Luther King Jr and other members of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference in Birmingham, Alabama set up a campaign. The aim of the campaign was too blitz the segregation system in Birmingham by targeting traders and businesses within the city of Birmingham during the Easter trade season. They protested by holding mass meetings, sit-ins at diners that would only serve white customers, marches outside of the town hall and boycotting local businesses. -
Referendum for Indigenous Rights - Indigenous Rights
The 1967 Referendum for Indigenous Rights was when the majority of Australian's had voted to amend the Australian Constitution to allow the Commonwealth of Australia to make laws for Indigenous people and to include them in the census. Prior to the 1967 Referendum Indigenous people were regarded as 'flora' and 'fauna' in Australian Law. -
Aboriginal Tent Embassy - Indigenous Rights
In 1972 four Indigenous men had set up a makeshift embassy that consisted of an umbrella in the lawns opposite Parliament House in Canberra. They were protesting against the government's approach to land rights for Indigenous people. In 1992 the tent embassy was officially established on the lawns opposite Parliament House.Today protesters focus on achieving sovereignty and self-determination. -
Soweto Uprising - South African Apartheid
In 1976 the Soweto Uprising was a series of protests that were organised by approximately 20,000 black students with the goal of ending segregation in education. Unfortunately many students were shot and killed and they did not achieve their goal of ending segregation in the education system. -
Nelson Mandela free from prison - South African Apartheid
Nelson Mandela is released from prison after serving 27 years for attempting to overthrow the state following the Rivonia Trial. -
The Mabo Decision - Indigenous Rights
The Mabo Decision was a significant legal case that recognized the land rights for the Meriam People, the traditional owners of the Murray Islands. The five Meriam People that successfully achieved recognition as traditional owners were Eddie Mabo, David Passi, Sam Passi, James Rice and Celuia Mapo Sale. The High Court successfully overturned the myth of 'terra nullus.' -
Nelson Mandela becomes President - South African Apartheid
Nelson Mandela is elected President of South Africa after the first non-race bias elections were held and Mandela formed the Government of National Unity, and removed racial sanctions and as a result of his actions the Apartheid ends. -
Kevin Rudd apologises to the 'Stolen Generations' - Indigenous Rights
In 2008 former Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd delivered a national apology speech to Indigenous People, particularity the 'Stolen Generations' who were forcibly removed from their families as a result of the assimilation policies.The process of the 'Sorry' speech began in 1995 with the 'Bringing Them Home' report by the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission which led inquests into the force-able removal of Indigenous children from their families.