I was reading and article exploring the legacy of the Voting Rights Act that got me to thinking about segregation and apartheid. I know that apartheid was a national-level political system of ...

The world has long been aware of the scourge of apartheid -- the systemic segregation or discrimination of people based on their race. But what about the institutionalized practice of singling people ...

Thirty years ago, a majority of White South African voters approved a referendum supporting the dismantling of apartheid, the country’s harsh institutionalized system of racial segregation. President ...

The outside world has heard a great deal about South Africa’s policy of apartheid, but few people realize the fantastic extremes to which this segregation is carried, the expense and dislocations it ...

South Africa on Tuesday marks the 50th anniversary of the Soweto uprising when over 200 young people protesting against the apartheid education system were shot and killed by the police. The events of ...

PRETORIA, South Africa — South Africa marked 30 years since the end of apartheid and the birth of its democracy with a ceremony in the capital Saturday that included a 21-gun salute and the waving of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The first group of white South African refugees arrived in the U.S. on Monday to be prioritized for resettlement by order of ...