The Chicano Moratorium links opposition to war with racial justice

The National Joint Action Committee led a demonstration in solidarity with Caribbean students prosecuted after the Montreal university protest. It developed into weeks of mass mobilization over racial...

The government declared a state of emergency and detained leaders after weeks of demonstrations. The movement had sought Black empowerment, economic change and solidarity between African and Indian...

Residents and activists halted construction of a highway patrol facility on land promised for a community park in San Diego. They occupied and began transforming the site. Their campaign asserted...

Delano-area table-grape growers signed union contracts following years of strikes and consumer boycotts. Mexican and Filipino farmworkers and their supporters had challenged low pay and degrading...

Black activists and supporters marched against repeated police raids on the Mangrove restaurant, an important Caribbean community meeting place. The protest defended the right to gather and organize...

After organizers sought to restrict his account of colonial violence, Wampanoag speaker Wamsutta Frank James joined an alternative Thanksgiving gathering in Plymouth. The protest challenged...

A law restored Blue Lake and surrounding lands to Taos Pueblo after a long community campaign. Federal appropriation had deprived the Pueblo of control over a sacred landscape. The return linked...

Roma delegates gathered near London in a landmark international congress. Participants affirmed a shared flag and anthem and developed cooperation against discrimination. The event strengthened Roma...

The US Supreme Court upheld broad judicial powers, including busing, to dismantle legally segregated school systems. The case grew from Black families' efforts to make educational equality real in...

Young Pacific Islanders established the Polynesian Panther Party to confront racism and support their communities. Its work combined political education with practical assistance, including legal...