The University of Cape Town removes the Rhodes statue

Eric Garner died during an arrest by New York police officers in Staten Island. Video of the encounter brought national attention to the use of force and the policing of minor alleged offences. The...

Police officer Darren Wilson shot and killed Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri. The death prompted sustained protest and national attention to policing in Black communities. The subsequent federal...

The United Nations gathering adopted an outcome document on implementing Indigenous rights. It emphasized participation and free, prior and informed consent in decisions affecting Indigenous...

A Cleveland police officer shot Tamir Rice, a twelve-year-old Black child playing with a pellet gun. He died the following day. The case became central to demands for accountability and scrutiny of...

Student Chumani Maxwele protested at the Cecil Rhodes statue at the University of Cape Town, helping initiate the Rhodes Must Fall campaign. Students connected the colonial monument to wider...

The Truth and Reconciliation Commission released its Calls to Action at its closing event. They addressed residential-school legacies and reforms across education, justice, health and other...

A white supremacist gunman killed nine Black worshippers at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston. The attack targeted a historic Black religious institution and intensified demands...

Bree Newsome climbed the flagpole on South Carolina's State House grounds and removed the Confederate flag. The action followed the Charleston church massacre and was organized with fellow...

Following legislative action and mounting public pressure, South Carolina removed the Confederate battle flag from its State House grounds. The official removal followed activist challenges, including...

Black women gathered in Brasília for the Marcha das Mulheres Negras against racism and violence and for bem viver. Their mobilization connected racial justice with gender, bodily safety and collective...