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β African National Congress Founded
February 8: The African National Congress is founded.βΆ

Political OrganizationAnti-Apartheid MovementNationalismCivil RightsActivismNelson MandelaAfrican Politics

πΏπ¦ Implementation of Apartheid Laws
Beginning of apartheid in South Africa.βΆ

ApartheidHuman RightsDiscriminationLegislationColonialism

π₯ Sharpeville Massacre: South African Police Open Fire on Protesters
March 21: The Sharpeville Massacre, in which the police opened fire against a protesting crowd at a police station in the South African township of Sharpeville in Transvaal, resulting in 69 deaths and 180 injuries.βΆ

ApartheidHuman RightsProtestPolice BrutalityAnti-Apartheid MovementMassacre

ποΈ Nelson Mandela Released From Prison
February 11: Nelson Mandela is released from Victor Verster Prison outside Cape Town, South Africa after 27 years as a political prisoner.βΆ

ApartheidNelson MandelaAnti-Apartheid MovementCivil RightsHuman RightsPost-Apartheid

π³οΈ Nelson Mandela Elected President of South Africa, Apartheid Ends
May 10: End of apartheid in South Africa and election of Nelson Mandela.βΆ

ApartheidNelson MandelaAnti-Apartheid MovementDemocracyCivil RightsPost-ColonialismHuman Rights
