Ciskei troops fire on the Bisho march for political freedom

The First National People of Color Environmental Leadership Summit opened in Washington, running through 27 October. Delegates developed 17 principles connecting environmental protection with...

The first plenary meeting of the Convention for a Democratic South Africa opened at Kempton Park and continued the following day. Nineteen delegations participated, though significant organizations...

A state-court jury acquitted officers on nearly all charges arising from the beating of Rodney King, failing to agree on one count. Protests and destructive unrest followed. The events exposed a...

The High Court recognized the Meriam people's native title to Mer in the Torres Strait. The judgment rejected the legal treatment of Australia as land without prior owners and opened a wider route...

Armed attackers killed township residents in Boipatong during the transition from apartheid. The massacre intensified accusations about state responsibility and contributed to the breakdown of...

During protests marking 500 years since Columbus's arrival in the Americas, demonstrators in San Cristóbal de las Casas toppled the statue of conquistador Diego de Mazariegos. The action challenged...

At Redfern Park, Prime Minister Paul Keating acknowledged non-Indigenous responsibility for dispossession and other harms inflicted on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. The speech...

Ogoni communities held a mass peaceful protest against Shell's operations and the damage to their homeland. Ken Saro-Wiwa and the Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People connected...

White extremist Janusz Waluś assassinated Chris Hani, a prominent anti-apartheid leader, outside his home. The killing generated widespread grief and anger during negotiations to end minority rule....

After racist abuse at Victoria Park, Aboriginal footballer Nicky Winmar lifted his St Kilda jersey and pointed to his skin. Photographs made the gesture a lasting assertion of Aboriginal pride. His...