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Every South African had to have a registration if they were white, black, or colored. People had protest of disobedience led by Nelson Mandala
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Nelson Mandela was arrested with a few other people for fighting against apartheid. He was arrested for treason but after a four year trial he was found not guilty
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Apartheid required black people to carry passbooks around that had there name date of birth and photo. When protesters show up at sharpeville police station without there passbooks. A riot goes down and sixty nine people were killed by the police.
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Nelson Mandela was the leader of Umkhonto we Sizwe, he was also apart of the National Congress. He was arrested for bombing government target and was sentenced a life in prison
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Due to the apartheid that was happening in South Africa they were not allow them back. The United Nations would not let them back until apartheid ended in 1994
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High school students of Soweto start a protest for a bette4 education for black people. The police break up the protest but wit( tear gas and bullets, over 600 high school students were killed.
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The musician Steven Van Zandt forms Artist United after touring South Africa. The album “sun city” had multiple songs on that were about being against apartheid
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After 27 years in prison Nelson Mandela is finally released. Mandela thanks the president de Klerk for helping setting him free. But there is still a lot more work to be done about apartheid.
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In the first election they allowed whites and blacks to vote, Nelson Mandela was elected president. He was also the first black president of South Africa
