Subj : Today Is ... Elimination of Racial Discrimination Day
To   : All
From : Mike Dippel
Date : Fri Mar 21 2025 23:36:32

International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination is observed annually on March 
21, the anniversary of the day in 1960 when, at a peaceful demonstration against the 
apartheid "pass laws" in Sharpeville, South Africa, police opened fire and killed 69 black 
South Africans. 

The observation of this day was initiated by the United Nations General Assembly in 1966, 
when it called on the international community to redouble its efforts to eliminate all forms 
of racial discrimination and to remember "the victims of Sharpeville and those countless 
others in different parts of the world who have fallen victim to racial injustice."

Mike Dippel
 
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