The Polynesian Panther Party is founded in Auckland

Thousands marched in East Los Angeles against the Vietnam War and its burden on Mexican American communities. Police intervention turned the gathering into a violent confrontation in which...

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...

After a lengthy trial, all nine defendants were acquitted of the principal charge of incitement to riot. Four received suspended sentences for lesser offences. Their defence exposed weaknesses in...

Four Aboriginal activists set up an embassy opposite Parliament House to demand land rights. Calling their protest an embassy exposed the contradiction of being treated as outsiders on their own land....

A jury acquitted Angela Davis of charges arising from the 1970 Marin County courthouse incident. An international campaign had mobilized for her release and defence. Her case brought attention to...

A convention opened at Edendale near Pietermaritzburg, continuing until 10 July, to organize Black solidarity beyond university campuses. It brought Black Consciousness into a wider political...

Activists presented a petition calling for the teaching of te reo Māori in schools. Ngā Tamatoa and the Te Reo Māori Society helped organize the campaign. It challenged educational practices that...