The equality march reaches Paris with mass support

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...

A twentieth-anniversary mobilization returned to Washington under demands for jobs, peace and freedom. Civil-rights and labour participants carried banners linking the unfinished promises of the...

Young people from the Lyon suburb of Les Minguettes and antiracist allies began a march from Marseille. They protested racist killings, expulsions and unequal access to rights. The march challenged...

Mary Manning refused to handle South African produce at a Dunnes Stores checkout in Dublin, following her union's boycott instruction. Suspension and solidarity action began a prolonged strike by a...

Voting for the House of Representatives took place amid an antiracist boycott campaign; the House of Delegates election followed on 28 August. The UDF and allied organizations rejected a system that...

Protests and a stayaway in the Vaal townships challenged rent increases and local authorities associated with apartheid. Confrontations and killings accompanied the uprising, which helped open a wider...

The announcement of Desmond Tutu's Nobel Peace Prize gave international recognition to the struggle against apartheid. The award supported his work and the wider movement seeking democratic change...

Randall Robinson, Mary Frances Berry and Walter Fauntroy were arrested after refusing to leave the South African embassy in Washington. Eleanor Holmes Norton addressed the press outside. Their...