Nature of Discrimination
This term refers to the areas in South Africa where non-Whites were forced to live under apartheid policies.
What are the "homelands" or "Bantustans"?
This international organization imposed a cultural and sports boycott on South Africa due to its apartheid policies.
What is the United Nations (UN)?
This Prime Minister of South Africa, often referred to as the "architect of apartheid," played a key role in implementing and consolidating apartheid policies.
Who is Hendrik Verwoerd?
The ANC was banned by the South African government in this year, which led to its leaders going underground or into exile.
What is 1960?
This is the largest planet in our solar system.
What is Jupiter?
This 1953 law segregated educational facilities, ensuring that Black students would receive an inferior education compared to White students.
What is the Bantu Education Act?
This document, adopted in 1955 at the Congress of the People, outlined the vision for a democratic South Africa and called for equal rights for all citizens, regardless of race.
What is the Freedom Charter?
This leader of the ANC was arrested in 1962 and later became South Africa's first Black president.
Who is Nelson Mandela?
Defendants in this four-year trial included Nelson Mandela, Chief Albert Luthuli, and Walter Sisulu, were charged with high treason but eventually found not guilty.
The Treason Trial of 1956
This famous artist is known for painting the Mona Lisa and The Last Supper.
Who is Leonardo da Vinci?
This policy of racial segregation was implemented by the South African government in 1948.
What is apartheid?
This 1952 campaign was a non-violent mass protest against apartheid laws, led by the ANC and other organizations.
What is the Defiance Campaign?
This organization, formed by the ANC in 1961, carried out acts of sabotage against government targets, marking the shift to armed resistance.
What is Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK)?
This neighborhood in Johannesburg was forcibly cleared and demolished in the 1950s.
What is Sophiatown?
This Canadian singer-songwriter is known for hits like "Blinding Lights" and "Save Your Tears."
Who is The Weeknd?
This law of 1950 enforced residential and business segregation through the forced relocation of non-Whites to designated areas.
What is the "Group Areas Act"?
This political party, formed in 1959 by Robert Sobukwe, split from the ANC over disagreements about non-racialism and focused more on African nationalism.
What is the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC)?
This ANC leader was the first African to win the Nobel Peace Prize in 1960.
Who is Albert Luthuli?
This 1960 massacre occurred when peaceful protesters were killed by police.
What is the Sharpeville Massacre?
This classic novel by George Orwell was published in 1949 and presents a dystopian future dominated by totalitarianism and surveillance.
What is 1984?
This law passed in 1950 classified South Africans into four racial groups: White, Black, Coloured, and Indian.
What is the Population Registration Act?
This boycott, launched in 1944 by Black South Africans in response to increased bus fares, was one of the first large-scale protests against apartheid policies.
What is the Alexandra Bus Boycott?
This political party, founded by Nelson Mandela and others, led the struggle against apartheid through both peaceful protests and armed resistance.
What is the African National Congress (ANC)?
Nelson Mandela was arrested in 1962. This was the name of the trial where he and other ANC leaders were sentenced to life imprisonment.
What is the Rivonia Trial?
This large mammal never forgets.
What is an elephant?