Guyana becomes independent from Britain

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...

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...

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...

Demonstrators marching through a white neighbourhood encountered racist hostility and attacks; King was struck by a rock. The confrontation exposed the force defending residential segregation in a...

The NFWA and AWOC joined to form the United Farm Workers Organizing Committee. The merger consolidated cooperation between predominantly Mexican American and Filipino farmworkers. Their common...