South Africa

Racial discrimination has always been an issue, it did not start with the killing of George Floyd, which recently highlighted the topic.

But racism is not alien to the African continent as we may wish.

Before 1992, with the release of Mandela and its aftermath, racism was legal in South Africa.

economic sanctions South Africa

The US and other big powers placed sanctions on the White government to get them to budge and as the 1990s dawned and the Apartheid was being faced out, the US as a gesture lifted sanctions on South Africa.

This day, July 10, 1991, US President George Bush Snr. lifted economic sanctions against South Africa, citing its profound transformation toward racial equality. – Britannica.

New Hampshire

And staying with the US in an unrelated event, New Hampshire, a state in the union was claimed by the British crown this day in 1679.

New Hampshire would remain a British colony for the next 97 years.

On July 4, 1776, it was part of the 13 colonies that declared independence from the island across the ocean.

Bahamas

And then staying with Britain and independence matters, the Bahamas gained independence this day in 1973 following three centuries of colonial rule.

Source - Oswald Azumah