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Apartheid put into action by National Party
It was election of the Nationalist Party in 1948 that marked the beginning of legalized racism's harshest features called Apartheid. -
Mixed Marriages Act
To "protect" white political and social dominance. -
Population Registration Act
The population registration act was about South Africa being classified and registered in accordance with their racial characteristics. -
Sharpeville Massacre
Police Officers in a black township in South Africa opened fire on a group of people. 69 protesters were killed. -
Rivonia Trial
The rivonia trial was about a trial that took place in apart -
Prime Minister Hendrik Verwood is Assassinated
Verwoerd was stabbed several times by parliamentary aide Dimitri Tsafendas. -
Bantu Homeland Citizenship Act
It was defining blacks living throughout the South Africa as legal citizens of the homelands. -
Township Uprising
Some people call it the township revolt and driven both by local grievances and by opposition to apartheid. -
Nelson Mandela released from prison
He was released and he only served 27 years. -
Nelson Mandela becomes president
Nelson Mandela became the president on May 10, 1994 and he was the leader of uMkhonto we Sizwe