Students occupy Sir George Williams University over anti-Black racism

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...

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...

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,...

Chicago police killed Fred Hampton and Mark Clark during an early-morning raid. Hampton had combined Black community organizing with cooperation across racial boundaries. Their deaths became a focus...