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Apartheid in South Africa

Apartheid in South Africa. Apartheid. Apartheid – Rigid separation of races by law in South Africa. Afrikaners – Descendants of the first white settlers in South Africa.

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Apartheid in South Africa

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  1. Apartheid in South Africa

  2. Apartheid • Apartheid – Rigid separation of races by law in South Africa. • Afrikaners – Descendants of the first white settlers in South Africa. • Pass Laws – Required blacks to carry identification cards wherever they went and also restricted their movement from place to place. • Defiance Campaign – Blacks began to oppose apartheid laws with the belief that their mass arrests would overwhelm the prison system. • Ultimately failed when many protesters were attacked.

  3. Apartheid • Group Areas Act – Required blacks to settle down in areas separate from whites. Black and white neighborhoods in South Africa.

  4. Apartheid • Sharpeville Massacre • 1960 shooting of black protesters outside of a Sharpeville police station • 69 people were killed (including 8 women and 10 children) and 180 injured. • Many were shot in the back as they were trying to flee. • Turned international opinion strongly against the white-dominated government.

  5. Soweto Uprising • The Soweto Uprising, also known as 16 June. were a series of protests led by high school students in South Africa that began on the morning of 16 June 1976. • Students from numerous Sowetan schools began to protest in the streets of Soweto in response to the introduction of Afrikaans as the medium of instruction in local schools. • An estimated 20,000 students took part in the protests. They were met with fierce police brutality. The number of protesters who police killed is usually given as 176, with estimates of up to 700. • 16 June is now a public holiday, Youth Day, in South Africa, in remembrance of the events of 1976.

  6. Apartheid • Stephen Biko • Anti-apartheid activist • Leader of the Black Consciousness Movement • Arrested and died in prison (martyred) • Nelson Mandela • Anti-apartheid activist • Imprisoned for 27 years • Became a major symbol for ending apartheid and healing the black/white rift in the country • Became the nation’s first post-apartheid president of South Africa • F.W. de Klerk • Last apartheid-era president of South Africa • Helped to bring about the end of apartheid • Along with Mandela, won the Nobel Peace Prize

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