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The Nationale Party wins against the United Party on a platform of racial segregation.
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Blacks begin protesting the racial laws.
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A law is passed that segregates black education from white education.
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Nelson Mandela is arrested with others for protesting. After a 4 year trial he is found not guilty.
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Separate homelands for blacks is created in South Africa.
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69 people are killed in a riot at Sharpville.
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Mandela is arrested for his role in a bombing campaign, he is sentenced for life in prison.
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Mandela is incarcerated on Robben Island. He spends his time doing hard labour, breaking rocks and reading.
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Rhodesia (a colony of the UK) illegaly breaks away from Britain by not allowing blacks a say in government.
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Due to internationale backlash against apartheid the UN votes to expell South Africa.
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Highschool students in Soweto protest for better black education. Between 1 and 600 people died.
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After becoming famous internationally, the government decides to move him to a nicer prisson.
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After becoming even more famous the government moves him to a even nicer prison.
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President de Klerk lifts the ban on ANC.
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Mandela wins the election.