Australia's Role In The Civil Rights Movement

The US Civil Rights Movement (1 – 19 ) , played a pivotal- role in influencing Aboriginal Activism in Australia's past, the media had raised awareness on the inequalities predominantly faced by African Americans informed Indigenous Australians vouching for change in their society. Many successful forms of protest and events in the US Civil Rights movement served as the foundation upon which many similar strategies were employed by Aboriginal Activists.. The aforementioned notion allows for parallels/links to be drawn between instances such as the US and Australian Freedom rides, the advent of various organisations advocating for equality for their respective peoples as well as the adoption of philosophies preached by key leaders in the US Civil Rights movement and dignitaries within Aboriginal Activism. Instances of protest in the US Civil
the US freedom ride,led by Martin Luther King Junior - due to interest sparked in Australia by the media. On May 4 1961, 13 people- including African- American and white civil rights activists officially commenced the US Freedom Rides. The Australian freedom rides capitalised on the notion that raising awareness is an efficient method as well as a critical factor pertaining to informing the general populace, , about the inequalities faced by Aboriginal Australians. the freedom rides occurring in America set an example to all activists that non violent protest in the forms such as the freedom rides was essential in the fight to raise awareness in society about racial discrimination, as can be seen IN THE SOURCE A,C and D (all photographs of public American 'public' transport all suggest that segregation existed in many forms of transport, thus reinforcing and cementing the idea that reform was a necessity in order for equality and