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Year Country Category title
10 May 2006 France Racism France holds its first metropolitan national slavery remembrance day
27 October 2005 France Racism The deaths of Zyed Benna and Bouna Traoré precede nationwide unrest
15 March 2004 France Racism France legislates against conspicuous religious symbols in public schools
21 May 2001 France Racism The Taubira law recognizes slavery and slave trading as crimes against humanity
23 August 1996 France Racism Police forcibly evacuate the Saint-Bernard occupation
28 June 1996 France Racism Sans-papiers occupy Saint-Bernard church to demand recognition
29 March 1988 France Racism Dulcie September is assassinated outside the ANC office in Paris
6 December 1986 France Racism Police kill Malik Oussekine in Paris
3 December 1983 France Racism The equality march reaches Paris with mass support
15 October 1983 France Racism The March for Equality and Against Racism leaves Marseille
17 October 1961 France Racism Paris police violently repress an Algerian demonstration
14 December 1960 France Racism UNESCO adopts a convention against discrimination in education
19 September 1956 France Racism Black writers and artists convene to challenge cultural subordination
18 July 1950 France Racism UNESCO issues a scientific statement challenging racial myths
10 December 1948 France Racism The Universal Declaration sets out rights without racial distinction
9 December 1948 France Racism The UN adopts the Genocide Convention
19 February 1919 France Racism The Pan-African Congress connects struggles against imperial rule
4 February 1794 France Racism The Convention abolishes colonial slavery