Law 70 recognizes collective rights of Black communities

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...

A racist attack killed Black teenager Stephen Lawrence in Eltham, London. His family's sustained campaign challenged the failures of the police investigation and brought institutional racism into...

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...

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....

The predominantly Indigenous Zapatista Army of National Liberation began an uprising in Chiapas and issued its First Declaration of the Lacandon Jungle. Its demands included land, housing, health,...

President Bill Clinton signed Executive Order 12898, directing federal agencies to address disproportionately high adverse environmental and health effects on minority and low-income populations....

The principal polling day of South Africa's first democratic national election marked the inclusion of citizens previously excluded by apartheid. Voting took place over several days. Black majority...