25 Sep	1957: Troops end Little Rock school crisis
21 Mar	1960: Scores die in Sharpeville shoot-out
10 Dec	1961: Apartheid attacked at Nobel ceremony
01 Oct	1962: Mississippi race riots over first black student
25 May	1963: African states unite against white rule
13 Apr	1964: Poitier breaks new ground with Oscar win
02 Jul	1964: President Johnson signs Civil Rights Bill
04 Aug	1964: Three civil rights activists found dead
04 Oct	1965: Immigrants feel at home with BBC
15 Jul	1966: Euston staff 'colour bar' ended
25 Aug	1967: 'American Hitler' shot dead
04 Feb	1968: More Kenyan Asians flee to Britain
20 Apr	1968: Powell slates immigration policy
17 Oct	1968: Black athletes make silent protest
09 Apr	1969: Sikh busmen win turban fight
22 May	1970: South Africa cricket tour called off
24 Feb	1971: UK restricts Commonwealth migrants
05 Jul	1975: Ashe's Wimbledon win makes history
30 Aug	1976: Notting Hill Carnival ends in riot
12 Sep	1977: Steve Biko dies in custody
23 Nov	1978: Nightclub ordered to lift race ban
23 Apr	1979: Teacher dies in Southall race riots
03 Oct	1979: Anti-racists tackle South African rugby tourists
11 Apr	1981: Brixton ablaze after riot
05 Jul	1981: Police attacked in Liverpool riots
25 Nov	1981: Brixton riots report blames racial tension
28 Sep	1985: Riots in Brixton after police shooting
01 Oct	1985: Riots erupt in Toxteth and Peckham
19 May	1986: South African raids wreck peace bid
15 Oct	1987: Fiji one step closer to a republic
02 Feb	1990: De Klerk dismantles apartheid in South Africa
11 Feb	1990: Freedom for Nelson Mandela
25 Nov	1991: Silcott not guilty of PC's murder
29 Apr	1992: LA in flames after 'not guilty' verdict
29 Jul	1993: Lawrence murder suspects freed
17 Sep	1993: Shock as racist wins council seat
10 May	1994: Mandela becomes SA's first black president
03 Oct	1995: OJ Simpson verdict: 'Not guilty'
13 Dec	1995: Riots break out in Brixton
24 Feb	1999: Lawrence report blasts 'racist' police
07 Jul	2001: Two stabbed in Bradford race riots
25 Jun	2001: Race violence erupts in Burnley