Apartheid Timeline
Category: Other
Updated: 19 Oct 2017
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Created byHenry Davis
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1959;
PAC was started. by ex-anc members1966;
Vorwoerd was assasinated1970;
student uprising in Soweto leads to 600 dead1990;
Ban lifted on ANC and
Mandella released 11 Feb1994;
ANC wins South Africas first democratic election
Mandella becomes the first black president.1910;
Union of South Africa dictated
all and every detail of black
peoples futures.1912;
The ANC was founded to cut across
tribal divisions.1943;
ANC youth league was started. Led by a young
lawyer (Anton Lembede)1949;
A huge fracture in the
Youth league occurred, the younger
members wanted to make a more
militant approach to get equality.1950, 1 May;
Freedom day is organized and ran by the ANC
resulting in the "Suppression of communism act".1953;
The Defiance campaign ended.1952;
The Defiancecampaign was started
members breaking a series of the petty laws in an effort
to bring to light the power and the negativity of the petty laws1955:
The Freedom Charter was drafted.
designed to end pass laws peacefully.1956:
Suppression of communism trials began1961;
Suppression of communism trials ended
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