The Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association organises protests in August against anti-Catholic discrimination over housing. The RUC clashes with civil rights protestors A civil rights march in Derry on October 5 is broken up by RUC officers wielding batons.
TV cameras capture images of police brutality.
MP Gerry Fitt is among the injured. Riots follow in the Catholic Bogside. A march by Queen's University students on October 9 is blocked by loyalists. A radical left-wing group, People's Democracy, is formed. One of its original members is Bernadette Devlin.