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Douglas Nicholls members of the Federal Council for the Advancement of Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders with Australian Prime Minister Harold Holt and members of Parliament
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Born December 9, 1906 • Australia
Died June 4, 1988 (aged 81) • Australia

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Douglas Nicholls
members of the Federal Council for the Advancement of Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders with Australian Prime Minister Harold Holt and members of Parliament
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Lowitja O’Donoghue
Australian activist
Jack Patten
Australian Aboriginal leader
Stamp honoring Eddie Koiki Mabo
Eddie Koiki Mabo
Torres Strait Islander activist
Faith Bandler
Faith Bandler
Australian civil rights activist
Vincent Lingiari at Daguragu
Vincent Lingiari
Australian livestock worker and activist
William Ferguson: Day of Mourning
William Ferguson
Australian politician
Margaret Tucker
Margaret Tucker
Australian activist
David Unaipon
David Unaipon
Australian inventor, writer, and activist
William Cooper
William Cooper
Australian politician
Pearl Gibbs
Pearl Gibbs
Australian activist
Michael Long
Michael Long
Australian Aboriginal athlete and activist
Charles Perkins
Charles Perkins
Australian activist
Oodgeroo Noonuccal
Australian author
Edith Cowan
Edith Cowan
Australian politician
Mildred Loving
American civil rights activist
Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr.
American clergyman
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
American religious leader and civil-rights activist
Moon Jae-In
Moon Jae-In
president of South Korea
Viola Desmond
Viola Desmond
Canadian businesswoman and civil libertarian
Malcolm X
Malcolm X
American Muslim leader