A German minister asks forgiveness for colonial atrocities against the Herero

Brazil enacted Law 10.639, requiring the teaching of Afro-Brazilian history and culture in primary and secondary education. Its prescribed content included African history and Black struggles and...

In Grutter v. Bollinger, the Supreme Court upheld the University of Michigan Law School's individualized consideration of race in admissions. The 2003 ruling accepted educational diversity as a...

Decree 4.887 regulated identification, demarcation and titling of lands occupied by quilombola communities. It recognized community self-identification and territorial relationships in the...

France promulgated a law prohibiting conspicuous religious signs or clothing in public primary and secondary schools, framed through laïcité. Its scope included Muslim headscarves and other...

Thousands marched to Parliament in Wellington against proposed legislation vesting ownership of the foreshore and seabed in the Crown. The hīkoi asserted Māori interests and opposition to...

The National Museum of the American Indian opened on Washington's National Mall with a Native Nations Procession. Thousands of Indigenous participants made contemporary communities visible at the...

The Supreme Court of Canada held that the Crown has a duty to consult and, where appropriate, accommodate Indigenous peoples when contemplated conduct may adversely affect potential rights. The...

Oury Jalloh, an asylum seeker from Sierra Leone, died in a fire while restrained in a Dessau police cell. His death became a focus of demands for truth and police accountability. Amnesty International...

Residents of Durban's Kennedy Road settlement blockaded Umgeni Road in protest over land and housing. Police dispersed the action and made arrests. The mobilization helped generate the movement...

Representatives from twelve settlements formally constituted Abahlali baseMjondolo as an autonomous shack-dwellers' movement. They committed to collective action for land, housing and popular...