Protesters confront the final Springbok test in Auckland

Historian and Working People's Alliance leader Walter Rodney was killed by a bomb in Georgetown. His political work sought to unite working people across Guyana's racial divisions, while his...

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 Constitution Act, 1982 came into force with section 35 recognizing and affirming existing Aboriginal and treaty rights. It identified First Nations, Inuit and Métis within the constitutional...

Eddie Koiki Mabo and fellow Meriam claimants began High Court proceedings asserting traditional ownership of their island lands. Their action challenged the colonial legal foundations used to deny...

The Bradford Twelve were acquitted after a trial arising from preparations to defend their community against an anticipated racist attack. Their defence campaign argued that the unused petrol bombs...

Chinese American Vincent Chin died four days after being beaten in the Detroit area. His attackers connected him with resentment over Japanese competition in the automobile industry. The killing and...

Ruth First was killed by a letter bomb at Eduardo Mondlane University in Maputo. The South African security operation targeted a researcher and activist whose work connected apartheid, labour...