CHARLES PERKINS (1936 - 2000)

1936---born
1960s --- organized many activities;
                 attention to racism in rural NSW

                 awareness of indigenous rights
                 brought the methods of the US civil rights movement to Australia

       as a result of it,
                 called as``champion of champions'' by Aboriginal Senator Aden Ridgeway
                                "Muhammad Ali and Nelson Mandela" by Veteran Tasmanian activist Michael Mansell
                                "the worst prime minister" Australia had ever had by Mr Howard

2000---passed away; kidney failure, 64 years old