The family of Stephen Lawrence will be invited to a memorial event in Glasgow by the city council.
Councillors have passed a motion which called on the council to mark April 22 as Stephen Lawrence Memorial Day each year.
Mr Lawrence, 18, was murdered in a racist attack in South London in 1993.
The motion, brought forward by Councillor Graham Campbell, who lived in South East London, recognised the “heroic” anti-racism campaign of the Lawrence family.
It also asked the council to note the “landmark changes to equalities law” – including the legal definition of institutionalised racism – which arose from the late Judge Macpherson’s Stephen Lawrence Inquiry report.
Baroness Doreen Lawrence and Hon Stuart Lawrence will be invited Glasgow to recognise their campaigning.
Mr Campbell said Stephen Lawrence Day – which recognises the legacy of Stephen and his family – is “very personal” to him.
It was a “pivotal moment”, he said, particularly when “Nelson Mandela visited the family and suddenly the issue became internationally recognised as an important question of how to deal with British justice and British policing”.
His motion also acknowledged how the “failure at the time to ensure justice to the Lawrence family and the tireless campaigning work of Baroness Lawrence ultimately led to the Race Equality Amendment Acts 2002” – now the Equalities Act 2010.
Two men – Gary Dobson and David Norris – were found guilty of the murder in 2012.
The inquiry, which had been led by Sir William Macpherson, concluded the Metropolitan Police Service was institutionally racist and put forward 70 recommendations for reform.
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Mr Campbell said he hoped the council would mark Stephen Lawrence Day annually as a “day of anti-racism activism and solidarity”.
“For this year, the limited thing we are able to do is obviously push it through our social media,” he said.
“I would like the council to do that on the day. Perhaps also put it through school assemblies.”
There was support for the motion from all political groups on the council.
Labour’s Bailie Soryia Siddique said: “We should take every opportunity to tackle the evil that is racism in any form at all levels of society, nationally and internationally.
“Experiencing racism is one of the worst feelings. The abuser tries to make you feel a lesser person and take away your self-worth and belonging.
“It can mean being overlooked for promotion, verbal abuse, health inequalities and in the case of Stephen Lawrence, a life lost.”
She added: “We must ensure this tragedy never happens again.
“All levels of government should be actively removing racism in all its forms systemically.
“We look forward to the memorial event and meeting the Hon Stuart Lawrence and Baroness Doreen Lawrence and the legacy of positive change throughout the world.”
