·         Turning points:

·         Became increasingly aware of the unjust nature of South African Society

·         Mandela had to resign from the ANC and work underground

·         Sharpeville massacre of 63 black South African’s changed the whole political climate

·         Life at the prison

·         release in 1990

·         lost his eldest son

·         Retiring

Achievements:

·         finish his degree and qualified as a Lawyer

·         Opened the first Black Law firm in South Africa

·         helped found the ANC Youth League

·         helped to keep other Men’s spirits high 

·         First democratically elected State President of South Africa

·          many prestigious awards

·         Awarded the Nobel Peace Prizejointly                              

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Fred Hollows (1929 - 1993)

1929 - was born in New Zealand

1960 - got a job in Australia

1965 - was head of the Eye Department at a Sydney hospital

1970 - helped launch a national program to attack eye disease in Aboriginal Australians

1980 - was travelling all over the world to help set up eye health programs in developing countries

1989 - was dying of cancer

 1993 - died at home surrounded by his friends and family

Time line

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1943 - born in Townsville Australia

1950 - her son was born

1980 - She graduated at Harvard University in the US, doctorate in education.

1994 - awarded the Australian Human Rights Medal

1967 - became an activist in the lead-up to the landmark

1970 - moved to Sydney

1970 - began writing and in a 10-year period as a freelance writer, contributed many more articles on Aboriginal disadvantage and indigenous politics to various outlets

1971 - her daughter was borne

1972 - was one of the founders of the Aboriginal Tent Embassy

1975 to 1980 - Sykes was an adviser on Aboriginal health and education to the NSW Health Commission and her first book of poetry

1979 - published Love Poems and Other Revolutionary Acts

1981 - she ghosted the award-winning autobiography of well-known NSW indigenous social worker

2002 - was immensely frustrated to be left paralysed on one side and unable to walk

2010 - died at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital in Sydney after failing to recover from a stroke suffered eight years ago