Civil Rights in America - sparked the Civil Rights Movement in Australia
The civil rights movement was a struggle by African Americans in the mid-1950s to late 1960s to achieve civil rights equal to those of caucasians, including equal opportunity in employment, housing, and education, as well as the right to vote, the right of equal access to public facilities, and the right to be free of racial discrimination.
From the late 1950s, Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal activists came together to campaign for equal civil rights for Indigenous Australians, and to bring about the repeal of laws which deprived Indigenous Australians of civil liberties.
The civil rights movement was a struggle by African Americans in the mid-1950s to late 1960s to achieve civil rights equal to those of caucasians, including equal opportunity in employment, housing, and education, as well as the right to vote, the right of equal access to public facilities, and the right to be free of racial discrimination.
From the late 1950s, Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal activists came together to campaign for equal civil rights for Indigenous Australians, and to bring about the repeal of laws which deprived Indigenous Australians of civil liberties.