A racist bombing kills four girls at a Birmingham church

Malone and Hood registered after Governor George Wallace’s attempt to block their entry. Their determination, litigation and federal intervention challenged state enforcement of university...

NAACP organizer Medgar Evers was murdered outside his home in Jackson after returning from movement work. He had campaigned against segregation and barriers to Black political participation. His...

Yolngu petitioners challenged decisions allowing bauxite mining on their land without adequate consultation. The first bark petition was tabled in the House of Representatives, with another...

A mass demonstration in Washington demanded civil rights protections, employment and economic justice. Movement and labour organizations brought their constituencies together for the March on...

After months of boycott and public pressure, the Bristol Omnibus Company announced that racial discrimination in employing bus crews would end. The victory demonstrated the force of community...

The General Assembly adopted the Declaration on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination. It articulated international opposition to racial exclusion and superiority. This was a...

Kenya achieved independence after a prolonged anticolonial struggle and negotiations. Jomo Kenyatta headed the new government. Sovereignty ended British colonial government, while the distribution...

Ratification prohibited poll taxes as a condition for voting in federal elections. Such payments had helped exclude Black citizens and poor voters from political participation. The amendment addressed...

Students and families withheld attendance in a citywide protest against school segregation and unequal educational conditions. Black and Puerto Rican organizing brought racial inequality in a northern...

Mandela addressed the court as the defence case opened in the Rivonia Trial. He explained the political struggle against apartheid and defended the ideal of a democratic society with equal...