Meriam claimants begin the Mabo land case

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...

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...

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...

Around two thousand people marched in Brisbane for Aboriginal land rights ahead of the Commonwealth Games. Activists used international attention on the sporting event to expose dispossession and...

At a Transvaal Anti-South African Indian Council conference in Johannesburg, Allan Boesak called for a united front against government constitutional proposals. The initiative opposed reforms that...