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The African National Congress was formed as the governing body of South Africa.
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The Congress Youth League is the youth wing of the African National Congress.
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This was the demonstration against the African National Congress that got Nelson Mandela put in prison. They were protesting racist governmental laws and actions.
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Albert Luthuli was awarded the 1960 Nobel Peace Prize for his nonviolent opposition to the apartheid government.
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After a demonstration at the Sharpeville police department by protestors of apartheid, the police opened fire upon the crowd, killing 69 people.
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Nelson Mandela formed the armed wing of his organization, the Spear of the Nation, after he had decided that nonviolent resistance no longer had a great enough effect.
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Mandela was sentenced to life in prison for his displays of defiance against the government.
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The Soweto Uprising was a protest of approximately 20,000 high school students who rebelled upon the decree of a law requiring that their education be switched to the language of Afrikaans.
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Anti-apartheid activist, Steve Biko, died in police custody in 1976 at the age of 30.
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Awarded the Nobel Prize for his work toward equality.
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Nelson Mandela was freed after 27 years in prison.
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Nelson Mandela was elected first black president of South Africa.
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Laws that hindered movement of blacks. The pass was a booklet required to be on all blacks for identificatio.