Berkeley's Third World Liberation Front launches a strike

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...

Forty-four people, including women and children, were killed when a hut was burned in Kilvenmani, Tamil Nadu, during a conflict over agricultural wages. Dalit workers had organized against...

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...

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...

The South African Students' Organisation was officially inaugurated at the University of the North, with Steve Biko as president and Barney Pityana as secretary. Black students developed an...

Indigenous activists landed on Alcatraz and began an occupation that continued into 1971. They demanded land and a centre for Indigenous education and culture. By occupying a former federal prison,...