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People start a peaceful protest to apartheid by breaking the laws that they think are wrong. This includes black people sitting on benches marked for white people only, and black people being out after curfew.
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A law is passed that separates black and white education. Black people were taught a working class because they were not expected to do anything else.\
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During apartheid blacks were required to carry passbooks(they held pictures, information, name, date of birth, etc). Protesters went to the Sharpeville police station without their passbooks and a riot broke out. The police officers killed 69 people.
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Mandela was the leader of Umkhonto we Sizwe, part of the African National Congress. He was arrested because of his role in bombing government targets. He was sentenced to life.
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South Africa is removed fro the United National due to Apartheid. They are not allowed back into the United Nations until Apartheid ends.
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High school students were starting to protest for having improved schools. The police broke up the protest with bullets and tear gas and Moore than 600 people died.
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After 27 years in prison Nelson Mandela is freed and he thanks President de Klerk. Mandela tells President de Klerk that there is still more work to be done to stop Apartheid.
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The country’s first black and white election and Mandela was elected. He is the first black president in the history of South Africa.
