Can someone assist me with some research?

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can anyone do some Google searches on "Charles Perkins". His an aboriginal man who fought for the freedom of aborigines.

And give me their main points, plzzzz..

or anything that might help me, please reply

Answer 1

Charles Nelson Perkins, AO, aka Kumantjayi Perkins  was an Australian Aboriginal activist and football (soccer) player, and administrator.

In 1965 he was one of the key members of the Freedom Ride - a bus tour by activists protesting against discrimination against Aboriginal people through rural New South Wales, publicising in small-towns Australia. His activism in the Freedom Ride aimed to raise awareness of discrimination against Aboriginal people and tried to redress it. The tour targeted rural towns such as Walgett, Moree, and Kempsey. They were concerned about the living, education, and health conditions of Aborigines in Australia. If there was an issue of blatant discrimination, they took action to publicise it with the intention of overturning it. This was demonstrated through one of the Freedom Ride activities in Walgett. A local RSL club refused entry to Aborigines, including those who were ex-servicemen who participated in the two World Wars. The bus at one stage was run off the road.

On 20 February 1965, Perkins and his party tried to enter the swimming pool at Moree, where local Aborigines had never been able to swim in the 40 years since its opening, against the physical opposition of several hundred local whites, including community leaders, and were pelted with eggs and tomatoes. These events were broadcast across Australia, and under pressure from national public opinion, the council eventually repealed the ban on Aboriginal swimmers. The freedom ride then moved on, but on the way out they were followed by a line of cars, one of which collided with them slightly on the rear of their bus, when they returned to the town of Moree they found that the council had removed there previous decision. The Freedom Ride then protested again, until the council changed that regulation forever.[2] This action played out in parallel with the similar turmoil of the US Civil Rights campaign of African Americans in the US.

In 1972, as a public servant, he was suspended for alleged improper conduct after he called the Liberal - Country Coalition government in Western Australia 'racist and redneck'. In 1981 he was made Secretary of the Department of Aboriginal Affairs, the first Aborigine to become a permanent head of a federal government department. Throughout his career he was a strident critic of Australian Government's policies on indigenous affairs and was renowned for his fiery comments.

He was also notable as having Australia's longest recorded survival for a kidney transplant, having received a donor kidney in 1972.

One of Perkins' more controversial quotes, which sparked national outrage, came from him on the 7th of April, 2000. He told the world that 'Sydney will burn during the Olympics'.[3]

[edit] Soccer Career

Perkins began playing in 1950 with Adelaide team Port Thistle. In 1951 he was selected for a South Australia under 18 representative team. He went on to play for a number of teams in Adelaide including International United (1954-55), Budapest (1956-57) and Fiorentina (1957). In 1957 he was invited to trial with English first division team Liverpool FC. Perkins ended up trialling and training with Liverpool's city rival Everton FC. Perkins played two seasons for leading English amateur team Bishop Auckland F.C. between 1957 and 1959. Perkins in mid-1959 decided to return to Australia and declined a trial offer from Manchester United. On returning to Australia Perkins was appointed captain-coach of Adelaide Croatia.

In 1961 Perkins moved to Sydney to study at university. He played with Pan-Hellenic (later known as Sydney Olympic FC) in the New South Wales State League. He later played for Bankstown and retired in 1965. He later served as president of former National Soccer League team Canberra City. He was appointed Australian Soccer Federation (now Football Federation Australia) vice-president in 1987 and was the chairman of the Australian Futsal Federation for ten years until his death in Sydney in 2000 .[2]

[edit] Awards and honours

Perkins was awarded Jaycees Young Man of the Year in 1966, Aborigine of the Year in 1993 and an Officer of the Order of Australia in 1987.[4] Perkins has been inducted into the Football Federation Australia Football Hall of Fame.