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jun 19, 1952 - The African National Congress starts the Defiance Campaign. (19 Jun 1952)

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Volunteers begin a peaceful resistance to apartheid by breaking the laws they think are wrong. The peaceful protests include black people sitting on benches marked for white people only and being out in the city after the curfew set for blacks.

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jun 19, 1952
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~ 74 years ago