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Apartheid

Apartheid. Apartheid Translated to mean “separateness” Legal segregation approved by the government Following WW II (1948). Laws separated people into white, colored, and Bantu (blacks) Separate living spaces Schools, hospitals, libraries, cinemas, and intermarriage is forbidden.

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Apartheid

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  1. Apartheid

  2. Apartheid • Translated to mean “separateness” • Legal segregation approved by the government • Following WW II (1948)

  3. Laws separated people into white, colored, and Bantu (blacks) • Separate living spaces • Schools, hospitals, libraries, cinemas, and intermarriage is forbidden

  4. Similar to US Segregation • Apartheid=segregation • US civil war until 1960 • Brown vs. Board of Education • 1960s demonstrations, boycotts, leaders • Martin Luther King Jr • Rosa Parks

  5. Resistance to Apartheid almost immediately • Boycotts, marches, strikes, • African National Congress (ANC) • One leader emerged • NELSON MANDELA

  6. Was arrested but pardoned b/c of non violence stance • Encouraging resistance to apartheid • “not anti-white, but opposed to white supremacy”\ • Population • 75% black, 14% white

  7. Sharpeville Massacre • 1960 massacre at Sharpeville • 5,000 unarmed • 69 Africans killed • 400 wounded • Formed “the Spear of the Nation” • Armed wing of ANC

  8. 1962 in prison for 5 yrs for organizing strikes • 1964 linked to terrorism • sentenced to life in prison • Robben Island Prison • One letter, one visit every six months

  9. 1980 United Nations boycotts S. Africa • World’s countries call upon Mandela’s release • 1988 • 70th birthday bash • 1 Billion people

  10. President FW de Klerk • Ended “cycle of violence” • Met with Mandela • Ended 30 different apartheid practices • Lifted ban on ANC • Feb 11, 1990 Mandela FREE AT LAST • Became the 11th President • “Journey to Freedom ended”

  11. Invictus • Playing the Enemy: Nelson Mandela and the Game That Changed a Nation by John Carlin

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