Apartheid

By mitchfederman

  • Nelson Mandela is born

  • Apartheid laws begin to be enforced

  • Citizens begin disobeying the apartheid enforced government

  • Bantu Education Act is passed

    Seperate education systems for blacks and whites

  • Mandela speaks out against Apartheid

  • Nelson Mandela is arrested for treason

    Along with 150 others Mandela is sentenced to Robben Island prison for betraying the government

  • South Africa is removed from the United Nations due to Apartheid

  • Soweto Massacure

    Over 600 people are killed for protest about better education

  • Mandela is released from prison

  • Mandela wins Nobel Peace Prize

  • Mandela is elected president of South Africa

    Black South Africans were able to vote

  • Nelson Mandela dies