Thinking black : William Cooper and Australian Aborigines' league

Bain Attwood and Andrew Markus
Canberra : Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies, 2004

ISBN: 0855754591

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Book description
Thinking Black tells the story of William Cooper and the Australian Aborigines' League. It describes the struggle against dispossession and displacement, the denial of rights, and the fight for citizenship in their own country. The most significant moments in Aboriginal leader William Cooper's political career are explored, as well as the principles Cooper drew on in his campaigning.

About the author
Bain Attwood is an Associate Professor of history at Monash University. Bain Attwood won the State Records John and Patricia Ward Prize in the New South Wales Premier's History Awards for his book Rights for Aborigines.
Andrew Markus is a Professor of Jewish civilization and director of the Australian Centre for the Study of Jewish Civilisation at Monash University. Professor Andrew Markus has been appointed to the Academy of the Social Sciences.

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