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Apartheid begins after the 1948 general election.
Hoping to get votes from the white Africans, the National Party promises to make laws severely restricting black rights if they win the general election. The National Party defeats the United Party and apartheid begins. -
The African National Congress starts the Defiance Campaign.
Volunteers begin a peaceful resistance to apartheid by breaking the laws they think are wrong. The peaceful protests include black people sitting on benches marked for white people only and being out in the city after the curfew set for blacks. -
WHAT EDUCATION ACT WAS PASSED?
A law is passed that creates a separate education system for blacks and whites. Blacks are trained to prepare them for a life as part of the working class since it is not expected that they will be allowed to do anything more than that.
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WHAT IMPORTANT POLITICAL FIGURE WAS ARRESTED FOR TREASON?
An anti-apartheid activist, is arrested with several other people for fighting against apartheid. He is charged with treason, but after a four-year trial he is found not guilty. WHO IS THIS? -
Separate homelands are created for the major black groups.
The government passes new laws to create separate homelands, called Bantustans, for the major black groups in the country. The government does this to stop blacks from being citizens of South Africa. -
WHAT MASSACRE OCCURS WHERE 69 PEOPLE ARE KILLED?
Apartheid requires blacks to carry passbooks, which contain personal information such as name, date of birth, and photos. When protestors show up at the police station without their passbooks, a riot breaks out and police kill 69 people. WHAT MASSACRE IS THIS? -
Nelson Mandela is arrested for treason.
Mandela was the leader of Umkhonto we Sizwe, part of the African National Congress. He is arrested for his role in bombing government targets and sentenced to life in prison. -
WHY WAS SOUTH AFRICA EXPELLED FROM THE UN ON THIS DATE?
South Africa is removed from the United Nations. South Africa is not allowed back into the United Nations until apartheid ends in 1994. WHY WAS SA EXPELLED FROM THE UN? -
WHY IS THIS YOUTH DAY?
High school students in Soweto start a protest for an improved education system for blacks. WHAT HAPPENED ON THIS DAY?. -
WHAT ANTI- APARTHEID ACTIVIST WAS KILLED?
Anti-apartheid activist is killed.
One of the organizers of the Soweto protest, is arrested on August 18, 1977. He dies in police custody on September 12 and the cause of death is severe brain damage, likely from being beaten by police. WHAT IS HIS NAME? -
President Frederik Willem de Klerk ends the ban on the African National Congress.
Even though he supported segregation at one time, President Frederick Willem de Klerk lifts the ban on the African National Congress in 1990. In 1993, de Klerk wins the Nobel Peace Prize with Nelson Mandela for helping end apartheid. -
WHO IS THE FAMOUS POLITICAL ACTIVIST RELEASED FROMM PRISON?
After 27 years in prison, he is freed from prison. He thanks President de Klerk for helping set him free, but says that there is more work to be done to end apartheid. WHO IS THIS? -
WHAT HISTORIC EVENT HAPPENS THAT CHANGES SOUTH AFRICA SIGNIFICANTLY?
May 10, 1994 WHY IS THIS DATE SO SIGNIFICANT? WHAT HAPPENED?
