Farmworkers begin their pilgrimage from Delano to Sacramento

Johnson signed the Immigration and Nationality Act, replacing the national-origins quota system that privileged some national populations over others. The reform challenged a major institutional...

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...

Artists, writers and performers gathered for a festival celebrating contributions of Black peoples to world culture. Hosted under Léopold Sédar Senghor, it created an international stage for...

Guyana gained independence, ending British colonial government. Nationalist and labour organizing had made self-government a central demand. The transfer changed formal political authority, while...

Meredith was wounded while walking through Mississippi to challenge intimidation and encourage Black political participation. Civil rights organizations continued the march after the attack. Their...

During the March Against Fear, Stokely Carmichael and fellow organizers popularized the call for Black Power. It expressed demands for collective political and economic control as well as dignity. The...

A major rally at Soldier Field advanced the Chicago Freedom Movement’s campaign against residential segregation. Local organizers and SCLC connected housing access with wider urban inequality. Their...