All around the world, and especially in the United States, African Americans are still facing prejudice and discrimination because of their skin colour. The issue that originates from these prejudice and causes the different treatment of African Americans is called racism. In order to bring about equality and secure for themselves their basic human rights, African Americans started the fight against racism long ago. However, the fight still goes on. A chronological overview of significant events that shifte d the relationship between the more powerful whites and the oppressed African Americans reveals a long lasting history of discrimination and racism, even after the passing and introduction of equality laws. Many large non violent protests that were held ov er the years are still being held today by the Black Lives Matter non profit organisation which is fighting for fairer law enforcement and against discr imination based on skin colour. The goal of this paper is to use relevant Croatian, as well as internati onal, literature to present and further explain the issue of racism in the world. The paper features real life examples that happened over the years. The purpose of this paper is to bring closer the complexity of the problem known as racism, to educate abo ut the topic and to showcase successful solutions to the aforementioned issue.