Apartheid By _azr8 May 26, 1948 The National Party won the election and put in place the apartheid policy Jul 1, 1949 Interacial wedding is forbidden by law Jun 22, 1950 South African people are classified in four "groups" 1960 Sharpville massacre Jun 12, 1964 Nelson Mandela is sentenced 1976 Soweto Up rising (serie of protest in school from students who doesn’t want English to be an equal language as Afrikaans) 1990 Nelson Mandela is released from prison Feb 2, 1990 Frederic Klerk is elected as president Jun 30, 1991 Abolition of the racial laws