1990 ⟢ Nelson Mandela Released From Prison

February 11: Nelson Mandela is released from Victor Verster ...
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✊ African National Congress Founded

African National Congress Founded (1912)
Political OrganizationAnti-Apartheid MovementNationalismCivil RightsActivismNelson MandelaAfrican Politics
South AfricaSouth Africa

πŸ‡ΏπŸ‡¦ Implementation of Apartheid Laws

Beginning of apartheid in South Africa.⟢
Implementation of Apartheid Laws (1948)
ApartheidHuman RightsDiscriminationLegislationColonialism
South AfricaSouth Africa

πŸ’₯ 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.⟢
Sharpeville Massacre: South African Police Open Fire on Protesters (1960)
ApartheidHuman RightsProtestPolice BrutalityAnti-Apartheid MovementMassacre
South AfricaSouth Africa

πŸ•ŠοΈ 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.⟢
Nelson Mandela Released From Prison (1990)
ApartheidNelson MandelaAnti-Apartheid MovementCivil RightsHuman RightsPost-Apartheid
South AfricaSouth Africa

πŸ—³οΈ Nelson Mandela Elected President of South Africa, Apartheid Ends

Nelson Mandela Elected President of South Africa, Apartheid Ends (1994)
ApartheidNelson MandelaAnti-Apartheid MovementDemocracyCivil RightsPost-ColonialismHuman Rights
South AfricaSouth Africa