"Were the Freedom Rides in America more important than the actions taken in Australia?" The question discussed in this essay will be “Were the Freedom Rides in America more important than the actions taken in Australia?” ' The Freedom Rides were a group of American citizens who tested segregation laws in the South and protested for equality for people of color. Freedom advocates were determined to make a difference regarding racial inequality and change history. Both countries had harsh laws that restricted and restricted freedom within black society. Jim Crow laws in America and the policy of assimilation in Australia affected people of color in both countries. Whites felt more superior and had minimal rules to follow unlike the "colored people" society who lived by rules that segregated and enslaved them (HASS booklet year 10). The policy of assimilation and Jim Crow laws were very similar; both were restrictive and denied access to public and social amenities. Martin Luther King Jnr was inspired by Gandhi's peace protests as a strategy to one day unite both races. Martin's "I have A Dream" speech was successful and reached media outlets around the world about discrimination and encouraged 30 Indigenous Australians and non-Indigenous students in Sydney to create an Australian Freedom Ride "SAFA" (Student Action for Aborigines ). Charles Perkins, an Indigenous Australian and "Australian Aboriginal activist", took 30 students to racist rural towns in 1963, across Australia, to highlight these major concerns for our Indigenous Australians. SAFA visited public attractions; such as community halls, hotels, restaurants/bars and swimming pools known to exclude Indigenous Australians. Charles' actions inspired... half of paper... their people and their country to achieve great things, in the hope that one day we will unite and abolish discrimination. While America has had a major impact on the world, Australia has only been important to our indigenous people due to racial discrimination. Both Freedom Rides recognized situations and mistreatment in both countries, thus making them equal in terms of “importance.” “All they wanted was the equality that everyone deserved. After all they are all human and should not be discriminated against just because of the color of their skin” -Aiatsis, 2012.Works Citedhttp://australia.gov.au/topics/law-and-justice/civil-rights. http://americanhistory.si.edu/brown/history/1-segregated/jim-crow.html http://americanhistory.si.edu/brown/history/1-segregated/promise-of-freedom.htmlhttp:/ /www.naacp.org/pages/our-missionhttp://www.infoplease.com/spot/marchonwashington.html#ixzz2yHxcjBuC