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apartheid begins after the 1948 general election
hoping to get votes from the white Africans, the National Party promises to make laws severely restricting black rights if they win the general election. The National Party defeats the United Party and apartheid begins. -
the african national congress starts the defiance campaign
volunteers begin a peaceful resistance to apartheid by breaking the laws they think are wrong. The peaceful protests include black people sitting on benches marked for white people only and being out in the city after the curfew set for blacks -
steve biko cofounded the saso
biko cofounded the south african students organization an all black student organization focusing on the resistance of aparthied and subsequently spearhead the newly started black consciousness movement in south africa -
the government restricted steve bikos movement
overment fought against him restricted his movement and preventing him from being quoted -
anti apartheid activist steve biko is killed
Steve Bilko, one of the organizers of the Soweto protest, is arrested on August 18, 1977. He dies in police custody on September 12 and the cause of death is severe brain damage, likely from being beaten by police. -
the aparthied ended
