Immigration reform ends the national-origins quota system

The Selma march culminated at Alabama’s capital with a mass rally. Organizers demanded effective political participation for Black citizens rather than acceptance of constitutional promises without...

President Lyndon Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act after sustained organizing against racial disenfranchisement. It supplied federal tools to address discriminatory registration and election...

An arrest in Los Angeles sparked an uprising that continued for several days. The unrest occurred amid grievances over policing, employment and housing. Its varied participants did not form a single...

Filipino farmworkers organized through AWOC walked out against grape growers near Delano, California, demanding better pay and conditions. Their initiative challenged an agricultural labour system...

NFWA members voted to join the strike begun by Filipino workers. Cooperation across communities strengthened pressure on growers who benefited from a divided workforce. The action connected wages,...

The Race Relations Act prohibited racial discrimination in specified public places and established a framework for handling complaints. Campaigning had pressed racial exclusion onto the political...

Ian Smith’s government declared independence from Britain while maintaining white-minority rule in Rhodesia. African liberation movements opposed this attempt to preserve racial political authority....

The General Assembly adopted the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination. It defined discrimination and set obligations for states becoming parties, including...

Representatives of liberation and solidarity movements from Africa, Asia and Latin America gathered in Havana. The conference connected anticolonial struggles and opposition to imperial domination...

Striking farmworkers and supporters began a march to California’s capital. The pilgrimage carried the grape strike beyond the fields, drawing communities into demands for recognition and improved...