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Apartheid
Laws legally and physically separate differnet racial groups. -
Population classified by race
Group areas act passed to segregate blacks and whites. -
Black Demonstrators
70 black demonstartors killed at Sharpeville -
South Africa declared a republic
South Africa declared republic, leaves the commonwealth. Mandela heads ANC'S new military wing. -
Black homelands
Begining in Transkei and spreading to ten more areas, more than 3 million people were forced to move to the Black "homelands" . -
Nelson Mandela
ANC leader, Nelson Mandela sentenced to life imprisonment. -
Prime Minister Hendrik Verwoerd
Prime minister Hendrik Verwoerd got killed. -
clash between Black protesters and sercurity forces
More then 600 people were killed in fights between black prtesters and security forces -
PW Botha
FW de klerk replaces PW Botha as President, meets Mandela. -
Mandela released
Mandela was released after 27 years in prison. -
The agreement
Agreement on Interim constitution -
New laws
There was an agreement on a new constitution. -
New president
Thabo Mbeki takes over as president -
Durban
Durban hosts UN race conference -
Death of Walter Sisulu
Walter Sisulu dies at age 91
