South Africa: Apartheid

By doannms

  • Apartheid became a law

    Apartheid became a law after the National Party won the election in 1948. They declared certain areas to where the white and black can go.

  • Banned - Both Colored Marriages

    In 1950, the government banned marriages for that blacks cannot marry whites and whites cannot marry blacks.

  • Breaking Laws

    People began to break laws such as only black people have a curfew and that black people can not sit on an "Only White People's Bench".

  • Education

    The government law passes a new law that was about the education. That seperates whites and blacks. The whites got more education than the blacks.

  • Police broke them apart

    One day, 3,000 South Africans gathered together in a dusty square in Kliptown. They were having a meeting. The next day police broke up the meeting. Nelson Mandala was in that meeting. But he escaped since he was disguised as a milkman.

  • Accused

    The government accused around 156 leaders, including Nelson Mandela.

  • Most Violent

    One of the most violent events happened in 1960. Apartheid took place in Sharpeville, people killed around 69 black africans and wounding much more.

  • Police

    Black South Africans invaded the roads infront of a police station in Cape Town. Police arrested more than 100 leaders of the groups.

  • Killed

    The police killed more than 67 people and wounded over 186, including children, most of the injured got shot in their back as they were trying to flee.

  • Martin Luther King

    Martin believed that South Africa had the world's worst racism.

  • Police opened fired

    In 1976, thousands of black children in Soweto, the police opened fire with tear gas and bullets.

  • Even more killed

    Over 4,000 people were killed. Some of them died from eating rat poisoning.

  • Mandela

    When Nelson Mandela was released from prison on Febuary, he worked with President F.W. de Klerks government to draw up a new constitution for South Africa.

  • President de Klerk

    President de Klerk helped free Nelson Mandela from prison after 27 years of being there. He was freed in 1990.

  • Voting for All

    There was a two day peaceful election with millions of black South Africans voting in a national election for the first time.

  • Allowing everyone to Vote

    Both whites and blacks were allowed to vote in 1994. Nelson Mandela was elected for the first black president in South Africa.

  • Mandela

    Nelson was sworn in as South Africa's president.

  • Miners Shot Dead

    34 miners were shot dead in South Africa by police because they were colored.

  • Ended

    Apartheid ended in 1994.

  • Because Blacks weren't treated like Whites

    There were around 18,000 murders every single year.

  • Links

    http://www.softschools.com/timelines/apartheid_timeline/44/ http://www.ducksters.com/history/civil_rights/apartheid.php http://www.history.com/topics/apartheid http://www.britannica.com/topic/apartheid http://www.economist.com/news/briefing/21564829-it-has-made-progress-becoming-full-democracy-1994-failure-leadership-means