That same year, the late Charles Perkins, more famous as an Aboriginal activist, joined the team.

Charles "Chicka" Dixon (1928 - 20 March 2010) was an Australian Aboriginal activist and leader.

Bess Nungarrayi Price (born October 1960) is an Aboriginal Australian activist and politician.

William Cooper (c1860 - 1941) was an Australian Aboriginal political activist and community leader.

There were businessmen and Aboriginal activists.

In 1890 they had a son, Shadrach Livingstone James, who later became an Aboriginal activist.

Robert Riley (1954-1996) was an Aboriginal activist advancing Indigenous issues in Australia.

Rick Griffiths (1948 - 13 December 2010) was an Australian Aboriginal activist and representative.

Harold Blair - tenor and Aboriginal activist.

During this period many Aboriginal activists began to embrace the term "black" and use their ancestry as a source of pride.