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 ...

While apartheid—South Africa's brutal racial segregation laws of the 20th century—officially came to an end in the early 1990s, its harmful effects persist today, says Stanford historian Gabrielle ...

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 ...

It’s 5 a.m., just after the crack of dawn, and a heavily pregnant Mara Khoza is already on her feet, mustering the strength for a grueling commute to work. As she steps out the door and begins her ...

White South Africans invented a system of racial segregation in 1948. They called it apartheid, an Afrikaans word that means “separateness.” The purpose of the system was to keep South Africa’s ...

Nigeria's $61 billion support for South Africa's anti-apartheid struggle is detailed, highlighting its pivotal role and ...