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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Aims & Methods - US | Greensboro Sit-ins and the Montgomery Bus Boycotts. |
| When was the Greensboro Sit-ins | February to July of 1960, |
| Where were the Greensboro sit-ins | Greensboro, North Carolina. |
| Who was the organisation / commitie Greensboro | The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC |
| How many people did it begin with and what school did they attend | began with just four students from North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University |
| How long was the Montgomery Bus Boycott | 13 months |
| When was the boycott | beginning on the 5th of December 1955. |
| What organisation / committee Montgomery | ‘Montgomery Improvement Association’ (MIA) |
| Who led the bus boycotts | Martin Luther King Jr |
| Why was African American Ridership so Important | with approximately 75% of regular clientele being African American |
| Effectiveness & Legacy - Aus | Australian Freedom rides, 1967 referendum and Mabo desicion |
| What year were the aus freedom rides | 1965 |
| Who led the aus freedom rides | Charles Perkins (USyds first aboriginal student) |
| How many people joined the aus freedom rides | 29 |
| What organisation aus freedom | Student Action For Aborigines (SAFA) |
| What did the 1967 Referendum achive | 1. Aboriginal people to be counted in the census 2. For the federal government to be in charge of legislation surrounding ATSI people |
| How sucseful was the 1967 referendum | over 90% of people voting yes |
| The mabo case's offical name | Mabo V Queensland |
| Who (MABO) | The Meriam people of Murray Island in the torres Strait |
| what did it achieve (MABO) | 1. Remove the idea of Terra Nullius 2. Further Developed into the Native Title Act of 1993 3. Established a legal precident for future land rights cases |
| When (MABO) | 1982-1992 |
| What is this case comparible too | Yirrkala Bark Pettition |
| When was the Yirrklara Bark | 1963 |
| Yirrklarara Bark's succsess | The petition did not achieve the constitutional change that they had hoped to seek when compared you can safely argue that the Marbo decision’s success can be accredited to the work of the Freedom Ride |