Apartheid Timeline

By emmamason96
  • Cry, the Beloved Country is published

    Cry, the Beloved Country is published

    Written by Alan Paton and published in New York City in 1948.
  • (A) Policy of apartheid adopted when National Party takes power

    (A) Policy of apartheid adopted when National Party takes power

  • (A) Group Areas Act passed to segregate blacks and whites

    (A) Group Areas Act passed to segregate blacks and whites

  • (CR) Brown vs Board of Education proves segregation in schools is unconstituional

    (CR) Brown vs Board of Education proves segregation in schools is unconstituional

  • (CR) 14-year-old Emmett Till is kidnapped, beaten, shot, and dumped in the Tallahatchie River for allegedly whistling at a white woman

    (CR) 14-year-old Emmett Till is kidnapped, beaten, shot, and dumped in the Tallahatchie River for allegedly whistling at a white woman

  • (CR) Rosa Parks refuses to give up bus seat

    (CR) Rosa Parks refuses to give up bus seat

  • (CR) Nine black students are blocked from entering Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas

    (CR) Nine black students are blocked from entering Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas

    Known as the Little Rock Nine
  • (CR) Four black students from Greensboro, North Carolina begin a sit in at a segregated Woolworth's lunch counter

    (CR) Four black students from Greensboro, North Carolina begin a sit in at a segregated Woolworth's lunch counter

  • (CR) James Meredith becomes the first black student to enroll at the University of Mississippi

    (CR) James Meredith becomes the first black student to enroll at the University of Mississippi

  • (CR) Martin Luther King Jr. is arrested and jailed during anti-segregation protests in Birmingham, Alabama

    (CR) Martin Luther King Jr. is arrested and jailed during anti-segregation protests in Birmingham, Alabama

  • (CR) Martin Luther King Jr. delivers his famous "I Have a Dream" speech

    (CR) Martin Luther King Jr. delivers his famous "I Have a Dream" speech

  • (A) ANC leader Nelson Mandela sentenced to life imprisonment

    (A) ANC leader Nelson Mandela sentenced to life imprisonment

  • (CR) President Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1964

    (CR) President Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1964

  • (CR) Malcolm X is shot to death in Harlem, New York

    (CR) Malcolm X is shot to death in Harlem, New York

  • (CR) The Black Panthers are founded by Huey Newton and Bobby Seale

    (CR) The Black Panthers are founded by Huey Newton and Bobby Seale

  • (CR) Martin Luther King Jr. is shot and killed by James Earl Ray

    (CR) Martin Luther King Jr. is shot and killed by James Earl Ray

  • (A) More than 600 killed in clashes between black protesters and security forces during uprising

    (A) More than 600 killed in clashes between black protesters and security forces during uprising

  • (A) ANC unbanned, Mandela released after 27 years in prison

    (A) ANC unbanned, Mandela released after 27 years in prison

  • (A) Parliament adopts new constitution

    (A) Parliament adopts new constitution

  • (A) ANC wins general elections, Thabo Mbeki takes over as president

    (A) ANC wins general elections, Thabo Mbeki takes over as president

  • (A) President Mbeki fires his deputy, Jacob Zuma, in the aftermath of a corruption case

    (A) President Mbeki fires his deputy, Jacob Zuma, in the aftermath of a corruption case

  • (A) Former deputy president Jacob Zuma is found innocent of rape charges by the High Court in Johannesburg

    (A) Former deputy president Jacob Zuma is found innocent of rape charges by the High Court in Johannesburg

  • (A) Hundreds of thousands of public-sector workers take part in the biggest strike since the end of apartheid

    (A) Hundreds of thousands of public-sector workers take part in the biggest strike since the end of apartheid

  • (A) President Mbeki resigns

    (A) President Mbeki resigns

  • (A) The Congress of the People is launched

    (A) The Congress of the People is launched

  • (CR) The Supreme Court case Ricci vs DeStefano

    (CR) The Supreme Court case Ricci vs DeStefano

  • (A) Parliament elects Jacob Zuma as president and economy goes into recession for the first time in 17 years

    (A) Parliament elects Jacob Zuma as president and economy goes into recession for the first time in 17 years

  • (A) Civil servants stage nationwide strike

    (A) Civil servants stage nationwide strike

  • (A) The ANC suspends Julius Malema for five years for bringing the party into disrepute

    (A) The ANC suspends Julius Malema for five years for bringing the party into disrepute

  • (A) ANC celebrates its centenary

    (A) ANC celebrates its centenary