Apartheid in South Africa

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Apartheid in South Africa Background and Causes

History Of Apartheid

• Stanford Computer Sciences:History Of Apartheid In South Africa
• Rebirth African Art Gallery: How Apartheid Was Created
• BBC World Service: The Origins Of Apartheid
• African National Congress: Anti Apartheid Movement

Apartheid Events

• Wikipedia: Sharpeville Massacre
• African National Congress: Federation of South African Women
• Wikipedia: Promotion Of Bantu Self Government Act
• MSN Encarta: Apartheid

After Apartheid

• NPR: South Africa 10 Years Later
• PBS.org: 10 Years After Apartheid
• SouthAfrica.info: After Apartheid

Apartheid in South Africa Central Figures

Nelson Mandela

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• Nobel Prize: Nelson Mandela Biography
• Mandelahistory.org: Nelson Mandela: An Audio History

Chief Albert Lutuli

• African National Congress: Speeches And Writings From Albert Lutuli
• Wikipedia: Abert Lutuli
• Southafrica.info: Albert Lutuli: Apartheid Activist

Desmond Tutu

• Wikipedia: Opposer Of Apartheid
• Nobel Prize: Desmond Tutu Biography
• D@daolos: Desmond Tutu

Apartheid in South Africa Images and Media

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Apartheid in South Africa Books and Research

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• African National Congress: United Nations Documents On Apartheid
• Best Book Buys: List Of Apartheid Books
• Barnes & Noble.com: Apartheid Books
• Google: Google Book Search

Apartheid in South Africa Blogs and Message Boards

• TIME: Apartheid By Another Name Blog
• SouthAfrica.com: The Legacy Of Apartheid
• Explore South Africa: Apartheid In South Africa

Apartheid in South Africa Timeline

• 1651: Dutch settlers arrive in South Africa.
• 1700s: Dutch farmers (called Boers) migrate across land inhabited by Bantu and Khoi people.
• 1810s: British missionaries arrive and criticize the racist practises of the Boers.
• 1867: Diamond mining begins in South Africa.
• 1908: A constitutional convention is held to establish South African independence from Britain.
• 1910: The South Africa Act created the Union of South Africa.
• 1912: The African National Congress is formed.
• 1913: The Native Lands Act limited ownership of land by blacks.
• 1920: Blacks are fired from jobs which are given to whites.
• 1936: Representation of Voters Act a process to remove all non-white people from voting.
• 1946: Black mine workers are paid twelve times less than whites.
• 1950: The Population Registration Act required citizens to be classified by race.
• 1951: The Group Areas Act designated races to different residential and business sections.
• 1951: The Bantu Homelands Act made inhabitants of the "black homeland" non citizens of South Africa.
• 1952: Abolition of Passes and Coordination of Documents Act.
• 1953: The Preservation of Separate Amenities Act enforced segregation of all public facilities.
• 1960: The Sharpeville Massacre where South African police began shooting on a crowd of black protesters.
• 1962: The United Nations establishes the Special Committee Against Apartheid.
• 1963: Nelson Mandela is jailed for sabotage, treason, and violent conspiracy.
• 1970: The all-black South African Students Organization
• 1976: The Soweto uprising, riots between black youths and South African police.
• 1980s: People and governments around the world launch an international campaign to boycott South Africa.
• Late 1980s: Countries around the world increasingly pressure South Africa to end its system of apartheid.
• 1991: South Africa President F.W. de Klerk repeals the rest of the apartheid laws.
• 1993: A multiracial, multiparty transitional government is approved.
• 1994: Elections are held.

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