The 1981 Springbok Tour

    One similarity between the two are that both the students and the colonist were throwing rocks and calling the the soldiers unpoliet names. Both the Ohio National Guard and the British Soldiers fired at the students and colonist. Also both the National Guard and the British soldiers carried bayonets. Both protests were strong enough that proper authorities had to come in and help maintain the crowd who were protesting. The protesters both went to a bar before they started to protest. Now I’m going to start talking about some differences.

non-violent protests that caused the government to get into action as a result of failure of court

This essay briefly discusses the similarities and differences of the ‘Australian and American Freedom Rides’ history. Throughout the essay, there is a discussion on what the reasons were for the protest of the Freedom Rides. It also points out the duration of the protest and the major locations where they were held. The essay also shows the different reactions to the protest and the influential behaviour it results in.

In 1964 there was a protest outside the US consulate in Canberra that two thousand people had attended to protest about racial segregation and civil rights in the United States. Many people of the general public stated things such as if protesters are going to so much trouble why not protest about racial segregation within our own country. These comments had lead to the making of our own Australian Freedom Riders which were based on the American Freedom Riders who were making a difference with civil rights and discrimination in America. They travelled across America to raise awareness of the issues when it came to the African-American’s rights and they helped achieve equality. The Australian Freedom Riders helped in achieving freedom for

The Springboks were seen as the whites’ team. The blacks hated and rooted against the Springboks, who had fourteen white players and just one black player (30 for 30). They would cheer when the opponents would beat or hurt the Springboks, because in their eyes they saw the people oppressing them being beat. However, Nelson Mandela decided to embrace the Springbok team and use them as an opportunity to bring the nation together. Mandela put on the Springbok hat at a rally in Soweto, endorsed the Springboks, and asked the black South Africans to support them too (Lodge 212). The blacks met the speech with boos, skepticism, and anger. Black South Africans hated rugby, and the Springbok logo was one directly associated with apartheid oppression (Carlin 192). Nelson Mandela was a very calculated political leader, and he understood that the black South Africans would be reluctant of accepting the Springboks. However, he also understood the impact of sports and that an entire nation rooting for their national team would bring the country together. South Africa was a very fragile nation at the time, and if things at the World Cup went wrong, it could have backfired. Mandela’s plan relied on both the whites and blacks

What we learn from this excerpt about the protestors is that they were everyday blue collar workers that were provoked by the occupation of the British army in their colony and the crippling tax policies imposed on them. Most protestors were hardworking young men who demonstrated their aggression because of the crushing pressure of the British presence at the shipyard and ports. Another thing we learn is that the colonist on the following Friday before March 5 took their anger out and started a confrontation with British soldiers. The main reason for protest was the Stamp Act, which was a tax imposed on all paper documents and the Townshend Act, which imposed duties on glass, lead, paints, paper, and tea. The protestors just wanted their

Prior to the massacre, in July 1968, students began to start a movement after a conflict had occurred between two schools and the government sent in the riot police to “stop” the conflict. (Miller, 5) At the end of the month, students gathered together to protest against police brutality, which ended by the students

Charles Perkins and 29 students from Sydney University hired a bus and travelled through rural New South Wales to raise awareness of aboriginal issues, rights and the struggles connected with the aboriginal people. This was like climbing a mountain and hence went forth with hope and fear. The group was called SAFA (student action for Aborigines). This bus ride raised the awareness of racial intolerance and targeted the acts of blatant discrimination in rural New South Wales covering places like Moree, Walgett and Kempsey. “Today we struggle for the soul of our country”. “This is a protest on behalf of the niggers of the town” At Moree we went to the pool and said “I want a ticket for myself and these 10 aboriginal kids”. Here’s the money”. “Sorry darkies not allowed in”. We blocked the entrance to the swimming pool because aboriginals weren’t allowed in. The white people manipulated the aboriginal people as if they were chess pieces before his arrival. The people who lived here were stuck in place like wax statues and Charlie gazed hopelessly at the endless people stretching before him. This changed after the protest. At Walgett the RSL Club wouldn’t allow aboriginals into their club even if they were ex servicemen and had served in the war. My heart swelled with a sea of tears as we should be unified as a nation. We stood in a long line outside the RSL holding

Did their actions set a precedent for protest in the United States? Defend your answer.

My first source is an example of forced segregation and a major motivation for the Riders, I will explain how my first source shows how this contributed to significant changes in law and policy’s. Protesters produced numerous gatherings based on racism, for the most part among the white people in outer NSW towns. The whites in the towns the protesters went by increased restrictions and the derogatory separation that it coordinated at the indigenous people, and was resolved in keeping the Aboriginal extremely far from the racists of the town, as did most of the accepting population. It limited the aborigines from sharing a portion of the spaces they used, for example, bars, pools, etc. In my first source I decided to use a copy of a form used to grant access to aboriginal reserves. This source is a document from the Aborigines Welfare Board that gave the SAFA freedom riders permission to enter a specific aboriginal reserve in 1966. This document shows that the aborigines

The Antiwar Protest of the late 1950s and early 1960s was a successful protest movement that utilized effective protest politics as defined by Zoe Trodd in her book, American Protest Literature.(Trodd) The effectiveness of the protest was due to the movement causing the American public to challenge their belief in the nation’s leaders capacity to provide unquestionable truths and due to the protest placing a colossal amount of powerful pressure on the nation’s leaders.(Zimmerman) This changing of the majority of American’s minds is due the movement’s effectual use of the protest politics. Many historians believe the success of the protest led to a change in policy and a change in the American public’s view of politicians.(Zimmerman)

When looking at the historical context of racism in sport in Australia, in the very beginning when European explorers and settlers encountered Aboriginal people from the 1600s-1800s, they often said that Aboriginal people were not humans but were actually animals - like apes or monkeys (Riceman, 2013). This stereotype has continued through time with racial remarks such as these have been directed at Aboriginal and Islander players. According to Tatz and Adair (2009) the history of Aboriginal exclusion from organised competitive sport has been well documented, these exclusions are based on spurious racial grounds such as they “smelled”, they “always won” and that they were “uncivilised” (Tatz & Adair, 2009, pp.3). One historical perspective of racial discrimination in Australian sports is the day Nicky Winmar, a famous AFL player stood up to racial truants from spectators in 1993.

The England and Wales Cricket Board’s decision to send its players to a World Cup match in Zimbabwe in 2003, regardless of political concerns due to the dictatorship of President Mugabe and the possible propaganda impact the match might have Fearing a severe financial penalty in the forms of lost

But as Nelson fought for having a rainbow nation through the rugby, colour people started to change their minds and support their country as they didnt do before. They lea rned to play the sport; they waved the Spring Boks flag and the South African one and also shared the passion for the game with all the African population.

Beginning early in the 1970s and extending into the ‘80s, students, laborers and ordinary citizens became more involved in the struggle against Apartheid. High school students began protesting the segregated system more vigorously, and many ended up dead at the hands of National Party police forces in the June uprising of 1976. The late 70’s and 80’s saw the rise in dissidence amongst ordinary South Africans towards the Apartheid laws. After the student uprising of 1976, the ranks of MK were augmented considerably, leading to resurgence in anti-Apartheid activities and ushered in the first reforms to the Apartheid since its