Len Watson

‘We must put aside shame, study and identify with our Aboriginal and Islander culture, otherwise there is no hope for our peoples. Violence is going to start. I don’t want to see it, but it’s coming for sure.’

Len Watson was a member of the Brisbane Tribal Council. He spoke out passionately and candidly about the discrimination and racism experienced by black Australians and lobbied for improved rights and conditions.

^{Quote from Tribune, 6 May 1970}