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Enactment of Apartheid Laws
Racial discrimination was instutionalized -
Truman signs executive order 9981
which states, "It is hereby declared to be the policy of the President that there shall be equality of treatment and opportunity for all persons in the armed services without regard to race, color, religion, or national origin." -
Cry, the Beloved Country Published
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The Population Registration Act
required that all south africans be racially classified into one of the three catorgories white, black or colored -
Defiance Campaign
based on non violent resistance it nvertheless led to the jailing of thousands of participants. the result was to increase unity among resistance groups -
Ruling of Brown vs Board of Education
Unanimously agreeing that segregation in public schools is unconstitutional -
Sharpeville Massacre
A turning point came at Sharpeville on March 21 1960 when a PAC-organised passive anti-pass campaign came to a bloody conclusion with police killing 69 unarmed protesters. A State of Emergency was declared: detention without trial was introduced and the ANC, PAC and other organisations were declared illegal. The resistance groups went underground. Read more: http://www.southafrica.info/about/history/521108.htm#ixzz1owfGcP6T -
James Meredith becomes the first black student to enroll at the University of Mississippi
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Macolm X is killed
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BJ Vorster becomes prime minister
segregation became even more enforced -
Martin Luther King Jr. is shot and killed
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Civil Rights Restoration Act is Passed
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FW de Klerk lifts restrictions on 33 opposing groups
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Civil Rights Act of 1991
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Apatheid Musuem Opens
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Rosa Parks Dies at age 92
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Corretta Scott King Dies of stroke at age 78
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President Barack Obama Asuumes office as the first black president of the united states of america
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Presidential Campaign
