The challenge of the 21st century is not to demand equal opportunity in the machinery of oppression, but rather to identify and dismantle those structures in which racism continues to be embedded
In 1977
- Robert Edward Chambliss, former KKK member, convicted of first degree murder in connection with 1963 bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, AL
In 1978
- Andrew Young receives Springarn Award in recognition of the deftness with which he handled relations between this nation and other countries
In 1993
- Black and White leaders in South Africa approve new democracy constitution that gave blacks the vote and ended white minority rule
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