Examining transnational ties between the USA and Australia, this book explores the rise of the Aboriginal Black Power Movement in the 1960s and early 1970s. Aboriginal adaptation of the American Black Power movement paved the way for future forms of radical Aboriginal resistance, including the eventual emergence of the Australian Black Panther Party. Through analysis of archival material, including untouched government records, previously unexamined newspapers and interviews conducted with both Australian and American activists, this book investigates the complex and varied process of developing the Black Power movement in a uniquely Australian context. Providing a social and political account of Australian activism across Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland, the author illustrates the fragmentation of Aboriginal Black Power, marked by its different leaders, protests and propaganda.

Explores the evolution of the Black Power Movement in Australia and highlights the fragmentation of Aboriginal activism Demonstrates the connections that were forged between African-Americans and Aboriginal Black Power activists Includes interviews with Aboriginal Black Power activists and African-American Black Nationalist members

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Alyssa L. Trometter is a historian and nonprofit leader, who has studied at the University of Melbourne in Australia and the College of the Holy Cross in the USA. She lives in Houston, Texas, with her partner, Ben, and their rescue dogs, Rosie and Bonnie.

Inhalt

1.The Fire in the Belly.- 2. Fight for Aboriginal Liberties, 1788-1967.- 3.The One-Dimensional Panther.- 4. The Rise of Aboriginal Black Power.- 5. Black Power in Redfern.- 6. Black Brisbanites.- 7. The Australian Black Panther Party.- 8. Media Representations of the Australian Panther.- 9. ASIO and the Unraveling of the Australian Black Panther Party.-10. Conclusion- Adaptation over Imitation.