Walter Rodney is assassinated in Georgetown

The United States adopted a policy protecting Indigenous religious practice, including ceremonies, sacred objects and access to sacred places. The act responded to a long history of interference...

Residents and antiracist organizations protested a National Front election meeting at Southall Town Hall. The confrontation involved a major police operation; teacher and demonstrator Blair Peach...

Ku Klux Klan and Nazi participants attacked an antiracist demonstration in Greensboro, killing five people. Organizers had connected opposition to white supremacy with labour organizing in the region....

Zimbabwe attained internationally recognized independence following liberation war, negotiations and elections. The transition ended the system of white-minority political rule defended by the...

An all-white jury acquitted police officers tried over the fatal beating of Arthur McDuffie. Anger erupted in Miami's Black communities, with unrest exposing deep distrust of police and the justice...

A fire at a birthday party in New Cross led to the deaths of thirteen young Black people. In a climate of racist attacks, families and supporters feared racist violence and condemned the response of...

Thousands marched through London following the New Cross fire, passing the site of the tragedy and taking their protest towards Parliament and Fleet Street. The New Cross Massacre Action Committee...

Confrontations between young people and police began in Brixton and escalated over the following days. Intensive stop-and-search policing operated in a community already experiencing discrimination...

Protesters entered Rugby Park in Hamilton and forced cancellation of the match between Waikato and the touring South African Springboks. The action challenged the claim that sport could be separated...

The final test of the Springbok tour at Eden Park took place amid major anti-apartheid protests and clashes with police. An aircraft dropped flour bombs over the ground, but the match continued. The...