Kilvenmani massacre targets a community of striking Dalit labourers

Coretta Scott King led women in a Washington march that opened the campaign’s major public demonstrations. The coalition brought people from different racial and regional backgrounds together around...

Equatorial Guinea gained independence, ending Spanish colonial sovereignty. The transfer removed foreign colonial administration and established a new national state. Formal independence changed the...

Tommie Smith and John Carlos raised gloved fists during the Olympic medal ceremony in Mexico City. Australian silver medallist Peter Norman wore an Olympic Project for Human Rights badge in...

The 1968 Act received Royal Assent, expanding Britain’s legal response to racial discrimination beyond the limited 1965 legislation. It addressed employment, housing and services, among other areas....

The Black Student Union and Third World Liberation Front began a strike over admissions, staffing and a curriculum that marginalized their communities. Students demanded authority over how their...

The International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination became legally binding for its initial states parties. It required action against racial discrimination and...

Black, Asian American, Mexican American and Native American student organizations began a strike demanding a Third World College. Their proposal linked access to education with community control...

Students began occupying university facilities in Montreal after complaints by Black Caribbean students about discriminatory treatment were mishandled. Their action challenged both classroom practices...

Police entered Sir George Williams University as the student occupation ended amid a fire and property damage. Arrests and subsequent prosecutions became a major issue for Black activists. The...

A wage dispute involving workers at a Shell subcontractor developed into a mass march and uprising in Willemstad. Black workers challenged an unequal economic and political order. Police violence...