Anti-Apartheid Key Players
Nelson Mandela
"For to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others."
-Nelson Mandela
Was the President of the ANC
Defiance Campaign-"Large groups of Africans would peacefully but deliberately break the law. They aimed to get arrested and flood the country's prisons. They hoped that this would draw attention to the Apartheid laws and force the government to abolish them"-From Understanding Apartheid
ANC membership went from 7000 to 100000
Authorities were extremely violent
ANC membership went from 7000 to 100000
Authorities were extremely violent
First democratically elected President of South Africa
Desmond Tutu
“Here was a man who had inspired an entire nation with his words and his courage, who had revived the people’s hope during the darkest of times ... who selflessly fought the evils of racism during the most terrible days of apartheid.”—Nelson Mandela
His policy was a global agreement to cut trade with South Africa because it would shatter the wealth of South African whites and thereby pressure them into giving up their hold on the country's power and profits
The representative of Christian churches in South Africa
The representative of Christian churches in South Africa
"We will be free, we will be free!" -Desmond Tutu
Steve Biko
"Biko was a medical student who was born in East London in 1946. While he was studying, he formed SASO, the South African Students Organization, and became its first president… Biko believed that a white-led organization could not fight for the interests of black students."-From Understanding Apartheid
"He was banned in 1973 and detained without trial for a few months in 1976. In 1977 he was arrested again. He was kept in a cell, naked and in chains. He was severely tortured by the security police. Within 18 days of his arrest, he was dead. He was only 30 years old."