apartheid
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- The Great Depression and World War II brought increasing economic woes to South Africa and convinced the government to strengthen its policies of racial segregation
- In 1948, the Afrikaner National Party won the general election under the slogan “apartheid”  (literally “apartness”) 
- The Population Registration Act of 1950 provided the basic framework for apartheid by classifying all South Africans by race, including Bantu (black Africans), Coloured (mixed race) and white. A fourth category, Asian (meaning Indian and Pakistani) was later added. 
- At this time, a 32 year old Nelson Mandela saw what was going on around him, but had no means of making a big change 
- What can I do about this?
- Resistance to apartheid within South Africa took many forms over the years, from non-violent demonstrations, protests and strikes to political action and eventually to armed resistance. Together with the South Indian National Congress, the ANC organized a mass meeting in 1952, during which attendees burned their pass books.
- We want change!
- In the same year (1952), Nelson Mandela was elected president, and with him was a promise for change and the abolishment of apartheid. Mandela created many anti-apartheid organizations and led many conferences and protests too. This, along with violent protesters, led to Mandela being jailed, where he continued to inspire the movement even more. 
- I promise change, equality, and resistance against apartheid!
- In 1976, when thousands of black children in Soweto, a black township outside Johannesburg, demonstrated against the Afrikaans language requirement for black African students, the police opened fire with tear gas and bullets. The protests and government crackdowns that followed, combined with a national economic recession, drew more international attention to South Africa and shattered all illusions that apartheid had brought peace or prosperity to the nation. This caused the government to make drastic changes to the law, resulting in the downfall of apartheid.
- 1976
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