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mixed marriages act
was an apartheid-era law in South Africa that prohibited marriages between "whites" and "non-whites". It was among the first pieces of apartheid legislation to be passed following the National Party's rise to power in 1948. -
population registration act
each inhabitant of South Africa be classified and registered in accordance with their racial characteristics as part of the system of apartheid. -
sharpeville massacre
the police station in the township of Sharpeville in the then Transvaal Province of the then Union of South Africa. After demonstrating against anti-black pass laws a crowd of about 7,000 black protesters went to the police station. -
Rivonia trial
The Rivonia Trial was a trial that took place in apartheid-era South Africa between 9 October 1963 and 12 June 1964 -
prime minister hendrik verwoerd assassinated
Verwoerd was assassinated in Cape Town, shortly after entering the House of Assembly at 14:15. A uniformed parliamentary messenger named Dimitri Tsafendas stabbed Verwoerd in the neck and chest four times before being subdued by other members of the Assembly. -
apartheid put into actions by national party
economic and social separation of the races intended to maintain and extend political and economic control of South Africa by the White minority -
bantu homeland citizenship act
made every Black South African, irrespective of actual residence, a citizen of one of the Bantustans -
Township uprising
south African white people protested and rioted because people of color were getting more rights so white people destroyed colored peoples homes and business -
nelson mandela was released from prison
Nelson was released from prison in February 11th 1990 after spending 27 years in prison -
nelson mandela becomes president
when Nelson Mandela an anti-apartheid activist leader of uMkhonto we Sizwe, lawyer, and former political prisoner was inaugurated as President of South Africa and ended on 14 June 1999.