Important Dayes Flashcards
1923-1937
Segregation between the races increased by a series of laws passed
1940-1948
ANC grows stronger and clearer in their demands for greater political rights
1952
Defiance campaign
1955
Freedom charter signed
1956
Treason trial.
156 put on trial
1960
Sharpeville and Langa massacres
1962
Mandela arrested
1964
Rivonia trial
1969
The morogoro conference gives new life to the ANC in exile
1970s
UN and OAU lead campaigns for economic sanctions and sporting boycotts
1974-5
Independent black governments come to power in Angola and Mozambique
1976
Transkei first independent bantustan
1976
Soweto riots
1980
Independent black government in Zimbabwe
1985
State of emergency declared due to serious rioting in townships