Vincent Chin dies after a racist attack

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...

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...

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...

Asian Americans in Detroit founded American Citizens for Justice after the killers of Vincent Chin received probation and fines. Lily Chin, Helen Zia and other organizers sought federal civil-rights...

The United Democratic Front was launched at Rocklands in Mitchells Plain, Cape Town. It brought together organizations opposing apartheid's constitutional reforms and racial divisions. Community...