Stephen Lawrence is murdered in a racist attack

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...

Inuit representatives and the Canadian government signed the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement. It established negotiated land and resource rights and provided for the creation of Nunavut through...

A racist arson attack on the Genç family home in Solingen killed five girls and women of Turkish origin. The murders became a defining example of far-right violence against migrant communities in...

Colombia enacted Law 70, establishing a framework for collective land ownership by Black communities in specified rural riverine areas of the Pacific region. It also addressed cultural identity and...

The multiparty negotiating process approved an interim constitutional agreement to guide South Africa away from apartheid. It provided the framework for universal adult suffrage, rights protection and...

The Native Title Act received royal assent after the Mabo judgment had rejected terra nullius. It established a national framework for recognizing and protecting native title and handling claims....