Apartheid

By Alexqq
  • Apartheid put into action by National party

    Enacting a series of racial laws and regulations it called apartheid ("apartness" in Afrikaans?
  • Mixed Marriages Act

    An apartheid - era law in South Africa that prohibited between whites and non whites
  • Population Registration Act

    Required all citizens to register their specific racial characteristics with the government authorities
  • Sharpeville Massacre

    69 protesters were killed. "Police in a Black township in south Africa opened fire on a group of people peacefully protesting oppressive laws".
  • Rivonia Trial

    Ten leaders of the African National congress were tned for 221 acts of sabotage designed to overthrow the apartheid system