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Founding of the Anc 1912
National iveration movement fought aginst racism and oppression uniting African people. -
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Congress Youth League 1944
The youth wing of ANC -
Desmond Tutu wins nobel peace prize 1948, october 5
Belonged to non-violent liberaton, a struggle to unite white ad black south africans to brig country out of conflit and crisis. -
Sharpeville Massacre 21 March, 1960
180 black Africans injured and 69 killed by police for protsting against pass laws. -
Defiance Campaign 6 April, 1960
Largest non-violent resistance ever seen in south Africa persued by ANc and SAIC -
Albert Luthuli wins Nobel Peace Prize 1961
He was elected to committee of the Natal Provincial Division of ANC in 1951 the presidency of the division, next year joined non-violent campaigns to defy descriminatory laws. -
Spear of the Natin FOrmed 1961
NelsonMandela formed when he lost hope that passive and non-violence resistece to the apartheid government would bear fruit. -
Nelson Mandela sentenced to prison for life 12 June 1964
Committing sabotage against south African's apartheid government, avoiding a possible death sentence. -
The Soweto uprising 16 june 1976
high-school students in soweto started protesting for better education, police responded with teargas and live bullets -
Steve Biko dies in police custody 12 september 1977
Died after being beaten by south african police during an interrogation. Authorites claimed death from hunger strike. -
Nelson Mandela relased rom Prison February 11 1990
The leader of the movement to end south africanapartheid. -
Neson Mandelabecomes president of south africa 1994
First black president. His ANC party won 252 of the 400 seats in the first demoratic election. took placein the union buildings Amphitheatre in Pretoria today