South Africans vote in the first national democratic election

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....

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....

Nelson Mandela was inaugurated in Pretoria as South Africa's first Black president following the democratic election. The ceremony made the end of white minority executive rule internationally...

Thousands marched in Los Angeles against Proposition 187, which sought to exclude undocumented immigrants from public services. Unions, community organizations and young activists coordinated...

California voters approved Proposition 187, a measure seeking to deny undocumented immigrants access to public education and certain other services. The vote made immigration status a proposed...

President Nelson Mandela assented to the Restitution of Land Rights Act, later published on 25 November. The legislation created a land restitution commission and a Land Claims Court to address...

Waikato-Tainui and the Crown signed a deed settling historical raupatu claims at Tūrangawaewae Marae. The settlement included land, financial redress and a Crown apology, with legislation following...