The Bahamian election opens the way to majority rule

Botswana gained independence from Britain, replacing the Bechuanaland Protectorate with a sovereign state under Seretse Khama. The change ended external political administration. Its location beside...

Lesotho became independent after British rule over Basutoland. The new state gained formal political sovereignty while remaining geographically surrounded by apartheid South Africa. This setting...

The programme associated with the party’s founding set out demands for community power, employment, housing, education and an end to police brutality. The archival record dates the programme to 15...

The General Assembly adopted Resolution 2145, terminating South Africa’s mandate and placing the territory under UN responsibility. It affirmed the people’s right to independence and condemned the...

Resolution 232 required states to restrict specified trade with Southern Rhodesia following the white-minority regime’s unilateral declaration. The decision used international economic pressure...

At Riverside Church in New York, King publicly challenged the Vietnam War and connected militarism with racial and economic injustice. He argued that struggles for justice at home could not be...

Ali refused induction into the United States armed forces during the Vietnam War, invoking religious conviction and opposition to the war. Boxing authorities stripped him of his title and suspended...

Following sustained campaigning, voters approved removing the exclusion of Aboriginal people from constitutional population reckoning and enabling the Commonwealth to legislate for them. The result...

The Supreme Court ruled unanimously for Mildred and Richard Loving, invalidating state laws prohibiting interracial marriage. Their challenge confronted the state’s authority to police intimate life...

A police raid on an unlicensed club sparked confrontations that developed into a major uprising. The crisis unfolded amid longstanding grievances over policing and racial inequality. It was not a...