The National Windrush Monument is unveiled

The Emmett Till Antilynching Act was signed into law, adding specific federal hate-crime provisions for conspiracies resulting in death or serious bodily injury. Naming the measure for Till...

After meetings with First Nations, Inuit and Métis delegates, Pope Francis expressed sorrow and asked forgiveness for harm inflicted by members of the Catholic Church. Survivors' testimony placed...

A gunman attacked a supermarket in Buffalo, killing ten people and injuring three. Federal authorities investigated the attack as a hate crime and later brought charges. The targeting of a Black...

The California task force published an interim report documenting harms from slavery and continuing systemic discrimination. It connected housing, education, political participation and other...

Francia Márquez was elected Colombia's first Black woman vice-president on the ticket with Gustavo Petro. An environmental and community organizer, she brought Afro-Colombian territorial struggles...

The African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights issued its reparations judgment concerning Kenya's Ogiek community. The decision followed the community's long struggle for ancestral land in the Mau...

Germany and Nigeria signed a declaration establishing the framework for transferring ownership of Benin bronzes held in German collections. The agreement addressed objects removed in the context of...

Los Angeles County ceremonially presented the deed to beachfront property to the legal heirs of Charles and Willa Bruce. The return addressed land taken from a Black family amid racist exclusion....

At Maskwacis, Pope Francis asked forgiveness for harm inflicted through forced assimilation and residential schools. Survivors, elders and Indigenous leaders attended. Bringing the apology to...

The Smithsonian's National Museum of African Art transferred ownership of twenty-nine Benin bronzes to Nigeria's National Commission for Museums and Monuments. The decision addressed objects taken...