- 1951 — The Bantu Authorities Act strips black South Africans of citizenship and confines them to artificially created Bantustans.
- 1963 — Miriam Makeba testifies before the U.N. Special Committee Against Apartheid; South Africa bans her music in response.
- 1976 — Twenty-five African nations boycott the Montreal Summer Olympics over the IOC's refusal to exclude New Zealand for apartheid-era sporting ties.
- 2014 — Eric Garner is killed by police officer Daniel Pantaleo in New York City after being placed in a prohibited chokehold.
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