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Enacting a series of racial laws and regulations it called apartheid ("apartness" in Afrikaans?
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An apartheid - era law in South Africa that prohibited between whites and non whites
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Required all citizens to register their specific racial characteristics with the government authorities
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69 protesters were killed. "Police in a Black township in south Africa opened fire on a group of people peacefully protesting oppressive laws".
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Ten leaders of the African National congress were tned for 221 acts of sabotage designed to overthrow the apartheid system