Racism: Timeline

1962   Apartheid: The United Nations United Nations

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 General Assembly passes a resolution condemning South Africa South Africa

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's racist Racism

Racism is a belief in the moral or biological superiority of one race or ethnic group over another or ot... 

 apartheid policies, and calls for all UN member states to cease military and economic relations with the nation.

1964   American civil rights movement leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

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 becomes the youngest recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize Nobel Peace Prize

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, which was awarded to him for leading non-violent resistance to end racial prejudice Racism

Racism is a belief in the moral or biological superiority of one race or ethnic group over another or ot... 

 in the United States.

1975   United Nations Resolution 3379: By a vote of 72 to 35 (with 32 abstentions), the United Nations United Nations

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 General Assembly approves a resolution equating Zionism Zionism

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 with racism. The resolution provokes an outcry among Jews around the world.