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International Day For the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
Mar
21
1:00 AM01:00

International Day For the Elimination of Racial Discrimination

On March 21, 1960, sixty-nine people were killed and 180 were wounded after police opened fire at a peaceful demonstration in Sharpeville, South Africa, against the apartheid “pass laws.” A few years later in 1966, March 21st was proclaimed the “International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination” by the General Assembly of the United Nations (UN).

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