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The Natives Land Act was passed to allocate only about 7% of arable land to Africans and leave the more fertile land for whites. This law incorporated territorial segregation into legislation for the first time.
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A political party in South Africa. Was originally an Afrikaner ethnic nationalist party that promoted Afrikaner interests in South Africa.
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The governing party of South Africa from 1948 until 1994. Its policies included apartheid, the establishment of a South African Republic, and the promotion of Afrikaner culture.
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the first large-scale, multi-racial political mobilization against apartheid laws under a common leadership – by the African National Congress, South African Indian Congress, and the Coloured People's Congress
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An anti-apartheid political coalition formed in South Africa in the 1950s. Led by the African National Congress, was multi-racial in makeup and committed to the principle of majority rule.
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The Freedom Charter was the statement of core principles of the South African Congress Alliance, which consisted of the African National Congress (ANC) and its allies - the South African Indian Congress, the South African Congress of Democrats and the Coloured People's Congress.
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A trial in Johannesburg in which 156 people, including Nelson Mandela, were arrested in a raid and accused of treason in South Africa in 1956.
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An incident in the black township of Sharpeville, near Vereeniging, South Africa, in which police fired on a crowd of blacks, killing/wounding about 250 of them. It was one of the first and most violent demonstrations against apartheid in South Africa.
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The armed wing of the African National Congress, co-founded by Nelson Mandela in the wake of the Sharpeville massacre. Its mission was to fight against the South African government. Used violence as a strategy.
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The Rivonia Trial led to the imprisonment of Nelson Mandela and the others among the accused who were convicted of sabotage and sentenced to life.