1976Soweto Uprising: Student Protests Against Apartheid

June 16 – 18: Around 20,000 students took part in the Soweto...
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🇿🇦 Implementation of Apartheid Laws

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

💥 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

✊ Soweto Uprising: Student Protests Against Apartheid

June 1618: Around 20,000 students took part in the Soweto uprising during Apartheid in South Africa.
Soweto Uprising: Student Protests Against Apartheid (1976)
ApartheidCivil RightsAnti-Apartheid MovementSocial JusticePolitical ActivismHuman Rights
South AfricaSouth Africa

🕊️ 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

🗳️ 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