Aboriginal activists establish the Tent Embassy in Canberra

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...

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...

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...

Indigenous caravans arrived in Washington with a Twenty-Point programme seeking treaty enforcement, land restitution and changes to federal Indian policy. Frustrated meetings and inadequate...

Workers at Coronation Brick and Tile stopped work to demand higher wages. The action helped trigger a wave of strikes across Durban. Black workers used collective withdrawal of labour despite legal...