around one million signatures. In 1958‚ a similar petition campaign was run by the FCAA which was signed by 25 000 people in three months. However‚ both failed. Petitions like these were commonly launched over the next few years‚ but in March 1967‚ then-Prime Minister Harold Holt announced the news. The referendum would be held that year‚ to repeal the offending parts of both sections of the Constitution. This meant that Aboriginals would be counted in the nation’s census‚ as well as receive
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Freedom Rides and 1967 REFERENDUM 12th February 1965‚ 30 university students from Sydney set off to campaign in country towns of NSW for the improved rights for Aboriginal peoples …Student action for Aborigines. Charles Perkins (born 1936) was the first indigenous person to graduate from a tertiary institution; he was also a talented soccer player who had turned down an offer to play for Manchester United. His childhood was spent away from his family in NT in a boy’s home in Adelaide. He suffered
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LAWS OF MALAYSIA REPRINT Act 177 INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS ACT 1967 Incorporating all amendments up to 1 January 2006 PUBLISHED BY THE COMMISSIONER OF LAW REVISION‚ MALAYSIA UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF THE REVISION OF LAWS ACT 1968 IN COLLABORATION WITH PERCETAKAN NASIONAL MALAYSIA BHD 2006 2 Laws of Malaysia ACT 177 INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS ACT 1967 First enacted Revised ... ... … ... … ... … … … 1967 (Act No. 35 of 1967) 1976 (Act 177 w.e.f. 1 September 1976) PREVIOUS REPRINT First
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2004 IPCS Research Papers Communal Riots in India A Chronology (1947-2003) B Rajeshwari -0- Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies Communal Riots in India A Chronology (1947-2003) B Rajeshwari Communal riots have become a distinct feature of communalism in India. Whenever conflicting groups from two different religions‚ which are self –conscious communities‚ clash‚ it results in a communal riot. An event is identified as a communal riot if (a) there is violence‚ and (b) two or
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The city of Detroit plays a major role throughout the novel‚ The Turner House. It symbolizes and represents an unspoken message‚ which can tell a reader about the legacy of the great migration. The economic decline of Detroit plays an important role in the plot because it closely follows the fate of the Turner house‚ the increased racial tension in the city‚ and it also explains the different forms of racism that are encountered in the North as well as the South. First and foremost the economic
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2015‚ cheers erupted across America -- big businesses‚ people and even the White House shamelessly coated itself in rainbow colors to show their support of something years in the making: the legalization of same sex marriage. After years of protests‚ riots‚ campaigns‚ parades‚ mainstream activism‚ celebrity‚ political and even big business support‚ same sex marriage was legalized by the US Supreme Court in all fifty states on June 26th‚ 2015. Obergefell v. Hodges‚ the Supreme Court case that made the
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Imagine being at the center of one of the most racially controversial events in Modern American history. More specifically‚ imagine being a victim of police brutality. It seemed like an open-and-shut kind of case. All of the evidence was caught on camera. What plausible vendication would the Defense be able to make against the Prosecution? The Rodney King beating of 1991 was the breaking point for the African Americans and minorities of South Central Los Angeles and all over the country. Because
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late at night June 14th‚ 1994‚ Vancouver‚ Canada. 70‚000 angry‚ rioting canadians takes to the street. Policemen try to calm the angry mob down and disperse them‚ but to no avail. Stores on streets have their windows smashed‚ goods stolen‚ and the riot police are called onto the scene. The authorities only able to disperse the mob the following morning. Two hundred injuries are reported and 1.58 million dollars of damage was done. You might be asking why this great social unrest happened. An unfair
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The Burma Road Riot took place on the 1st and 2nd June 1942 on Bay Street. It was the first indication that the black majority were awaking from their slumber. The core of this riot was the fact that local workers were being paid less than their Americans counterparts from performing the same work and also because the local government had thwarted the attempts of the American labourers. As noted earlier‚ the riot took place over a period of two days. There were some looting; after this was allowed
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Howard November 15‚ 2010 Influences of the Atlanta Race Riot “A city lay in travail‚ God our Lord‚ and from her loins sprang twin Murder and Black Hate. Red was the midnight; clang‚ crack and cry of death and fury filled the air and trembled underneath the stars when church spires pointed silently to Thee. And all this was to sate the greed of greedy men who hide behind the veil of vengeance” (Primary Source 20‚ line 20). The Atlanta Race Riot occurred in 1906 in Atlanta‚ Georgia. Many innocent African
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