1940s-Resistance started
1944-ANC Youth League formed
Called for a militante program of action, based on mass protests, boycotts, and passive resistance
1950s-Non violent protests
1960s-Violence began
1944-ANC Youth League formed
Called for a militante program of action, based on mass protests, boycotts, and passive resistance
1950s-Non violent protests
1960s-Violence began
From Understanding Apartheid
Non Violent Protest-1950s
Songs of Protest were sung:
From Understanding Apartheid
Luthuli was the president of the ANC in 1952
The Freedom Charter-
The Congress of the People Campaign came together and wrote the demands of the people.
The Congress of the People Campaign came together and wrote the demands of the people.
From Understanding Apartheid
Women's Resistance
1960s-Violence Begins
1959-Pan-Africanist Congress (PAC) was formed
The Sharpville Massacre
"All the time that the African National Congress was using peaceful means to try to bring change in South Africa, the reaction from the regime was violent. People were shot at peaceful meetings. THousands upon thousands of South Africans have died at the hands of the police … There's also the violence of conditions of living in South Africa … We decided that, if the gun is what the South African regime has used to rule us, it will have to be the gun that breaks that rule"-Ruth Mompati (ANC member)
1976-The Soweto Uprising
From Understanding Apartheid
"20000 students marched through Soweto in protest against the use of Afrikaans in schools. The police fired on the crowd. Hector Pieterson was the first child to die. He was 13 years old. The students responded violently and unrest swept throughout the country…the government could no longer ignore resistance. In many ways, the Soweto Uprising was a major turning point and marked the beginning of the end of apartheid."-Understanding Apartheid