jan 1, 1960 - Sharpeville Massacre
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The peaceful protest ended with police violence with a total of 69 citizens killed. The police brutality caused a backlash of more protests, one of which had 30,000 people marching from more rural towns into Capetown in order to try to get the government to release various black leaders.
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