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90% of Africa was divided into colonies
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The South African government officially launches the system of apartheid, severely restricting the freedom of Black Africans.
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Nelson Mandela and Tambo opens the first Black legal firm in South Africa
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Nelson Mandela and Tambo opens the first Black legal firm in South Africa
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The parliament passed new laws extending racial segregation by creating separate bantustans or homelands, for South AFrica's major Black groups.
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Black protests against apartheid reached a peak when police killed 69 people in the Sharpeville Massacre
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Nelson Mandela was arrested and sentenced to life imprisonment
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Rhodesia (South Africa) gained its independence. Only whites were represented in the new government
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South Africa is expelled from the U.N. because of apartheid
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More than 600 students were killed in Soweto and Sharpeville, known as the Soweto Massacre
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Steve Biko killed in police custody
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The Dumbutshena Report is commissioned by the government to investigate events surrounding the Entumbane uprising
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The government allows farmers to re-arm, to protect themselves from dissidents
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It is declared that since 1983, dissidents have murdered 120, mutilated 25, raped 47, and committed 284 robberies
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An amnesty is announced for all dissidents
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The state of emergency is not renewed
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The ban against the African National Congress is lifted
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Nelson Mandela is freed from prison
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Nelson Mandela becomes president of the ANC
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Nelson Mandela is inaugurated as President of South Africa