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History
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| brown vs board | 17 may 1954: us supreme court decided racial segregation in public schools is unconssitutional. |
| Montgomery bus boycott | 1955: protests about rosa parks being arrested for not giving up her seat to a white passenger. us supreme court ruling that segregation on buses is unconstitutional |
| little rock nine | 1957: a group of nine African American students who integrated Little Rock Central High School, faced protests and threats. |
| freedom rides | 1961: groups of black and white activists road busses together through the south. |
| civil rights act | 1964: banned discrimination based on race, sex religion, national origin. |
| martin Luther king jr | central leader of the civil rights movement. used non violence and civil disobedience to fight racial segregation. led Montgomery bus boycott and march on Washington (1963) |
| Malcom x | civil rights activists and Muslim minister. he was a catalyst in advocating for civil rights. |
| stolen genration | indigenous children stolen from there homes by the Australian government to be assimilated into white Australia. |
| day of mourning | 1938: bringing attention to discrimination and mistreatment of Aboriginal Australians. |
| Charles perkins freedom ride | Perkins and students exposed racial discrimination indigenous people faced in rural Australia. recorded everything, causes national outrage. |
| moree swimming pool | 1955: Charles Perkins and students protests racial segregation that banned indigenous children from bathing with white children. after protests indigenous children where allowed in the pool. |
| walgett RSL | 1965: Charles Perkins and students protest the exclusion of Indigenous ex-servicemen. after protests indigenous ex- service men where allowed at RSL. |
| wave hill walk off | 1966: led by Vincent lagari, he led Aboriginal people on a protest for low wages and bad working conditions. however, as it gained more attention it was developed into a demanded for the return of traditional land |
| 1967 referendum section 51 | removed the words "other than the aboriginal race in any state" from section 51 of the consitution. |
| 1967 referendum section 127 | got rid off section 127 that stated Aboriginal natives should not be counted. |
| racial discrimination act | 1975 made treating people with racial hatred based on race, descent, national/ethnic origin, or immigrant status unlawful. |
| section 12 | prevents discrimination in buying land, housing and renting. |
| section 15 | protects people from racial discrimination in hiring, firing, promotions and workplace conditions. |
| tent embassy | 1972: Infront parliament house,in response to McMahon Coalition Government's explicit refusal to grant Aboriginal land rights |
| Selma to Montgomery | 1965: activists marched to protest unfair laws that stopped al black people from voting like the literacy tets. |
| Jim crow laws | 1870-1960: systematic segregation, disenfranchisement legal standing enforcement. |
| systematic segreation | laws that enforced separation between black and white people. |
| disenfranchisement | used to prevent African Americans from voting |
| legal standing | established sperate but equal doctrine |
| enforcement | maintained through violent enforcement by police. mobs and vigilante groups. |
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