Apartheid

By evneumeier

  • Founding of the ANC

    South Africa's governing political party which rose due to injustice of blacks.

  • pass laws

    laws to control movement of South Africans by requiring people to have pass books to leave camps

  • Congress Youth League

    The youth wing of the African National Congress which gained power in 1944.

  • Defiance Campaign

    campaign against unjust laws presented by the African National Congress t Bloemfonteign, South Africa

  • Sharpeville Massacre

    The Sharpeville Massacre occurred on 21 March 1960, at the police station in the South African town of Sharpeville in the Transvaal. After a day of demonstrations, the South African police opened fire on the crowd, killing 69 people. The protestors were peaceful, and the police was found innocent of the killings.

  • Spear of the Nation formed

    The military branch of the ANC was officially created due to Sharpesville Massacre.

  • Nelson mandela sentenced to life in prison

    In 1962 Nelson Mandela was arrested and convicted of sabotage and other charges, and sentenced to life in prison. His popularity grew while in prison as the most important African American leader.

  • Albert Luthuli wins the Nobel Peace prize

    He was awarded the 1960 Nobel Peace Prize for his role in the non-violent struggle against apartheid. He was the first African, and the first person from outside Europe and the Americas, to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. He was the first African American to win the Nobel Peace Prize. He was a Zulu.

  • The Soweto Uprising

    a series of high school student-led protests in South Africa. Black high school students in Soweto protested against the Afrikaans Medium Decree of 1974 which forced all black schools to use Afrikaans and English in a 50-50 mix as languages of instruction.

  • Steve Biko dies in police custody

    He died shortly after arriving at Pretoria prison. It was discovered that his death was due to beatings and torture by the police who imprisoned and interrogated him for his role in the Soweto Uprising. His death strengthened anti-Apartheid movements.

  • Desmond Tutu wins the Nobel Peace prize

    Desmond Tutu received the 1984 Nobel peace prize for his nonviolent work against apartheid, the South African government's policy of racial segregation. Wanted a "democratic and just society without racial divisions".
    -equal rights for all
    -the abolition of souh africa's passport laws
    -common system of education
    -forced deportation from south africa to so-alled "homelands" (bantstans).

  • Nelson Mandela release from prison

    After serving 27 years in prison(some on Robben Island) for opposing the apartheid system, On 2 February 1990, State President F. W. de Klerk reversed the ban on the ANC and other anti-apartheid organisations, and announced that Mandela would shortly be released from prison.

  • Nelson Mandela becomes president of South Africa

    The ANC won 62% of the votes in the election, and Mandela, as leader of the ANC, was inaugurated on 10 May 1994 as the country's first black President. He ruled from 1994-1999.