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THE AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS
ANC was created for the cause of ending apartheid and gaining voting rights for blacks and other non-white races. The ANC was involved in the Freedom Charter and events like the Rivonia Trial. -
SEGREGATION
The act or practice of segregating; a setting apart or separation of people or things from others or from the main body or group: -
1918 NELSON MANDELA
Nelson Mandela was a South African politician, activist, and lawyer who dedicated his life to fighting apartheid to achieve equality in his country -
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MANDELA´S EFFORT TO END APARTHEID AND LEGACY
Nelson Mandela born on 18 July 1918
1944 he joins to African National Congres
National Party 1948, System of Apartheid
1952 Mandela launch The Defiance Campaign
1956 Treason trial
1961 He forms the Mk
August 1962, Mandela was captured
1990 Mandela was released from prison
1994, First open elections
1999 Mandela retired from politics
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ADDRESS BY NELSON MANDELA TO THE CONFERENCE OF THE PAN-AFRICAN FREEDOM MOVEMENT OF EAST AND CENTRAL AFRICA.
The Pan-African congresses lacked financial and political power, they helped to increase international awareness of racism and colonialism and laid the foundation for the political independence of African nations -
APARTHEID
It was a system of legislation that upheld segregationist policies against non-white citizens of South Africa -
FORCED REMOVAL EFFORTS
The policy was a planned deliberate removal from a specific territory, black people, by force or intimidation, -
THE PAWS LASS
The pass laws were designed to control the movement of Black Africans, and they are considered one of the most grievous methods that the South African government used to support apartheid. The resulting legislation -
THE BLACK SASH 1955-2014
The organization grew into an avenue for liberal women to oppose government policies by means of marches, convoys, demonstrations, and vigils. -
BANTUSTAN
A Bantustan was a territory that the white National Party administration of South Africa set aside for black inhabitants of South Africa and southwest Africa -
THE UNITED NATIONS: PARTNER IN THE STRUGGLE AGAINST APARTHEID
The elimination of South Africa’s system of legalized racial discrimination known as apartheid was on the agenda of the United Nations from its inception. -
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RIVONA TRIAL.
The Landmark Event that Changed South Africa Forever. It set off a chain of events that eventually ended apartheid and rang in democracy and freedom from oppression. -
THE STUDENT MOVEMENT
SASO was an organization launched by university students on the segregated campuses of so-called “non-white” universities. It created an organizational space for black students. dominated by white interests.
SASO students developed the philosophy of Black Consciousness, arguing that psychological liberation was necessary for political liberation. -
THE US COMPREHENSIVE ANTI-APARTHEID ACT.
It was a law enacted by the United States Congress. The law imposed sanctions against South Africa and stated five preconditions for lifting the sanctions that would essentially end the system of apartheid.
