Sharpeville Massacre, 1960
- In 1960 blacks grouped outside a police station in Sharpeville to protest the pass laws
- Burned the reference log books
- Police ended up violently confronting the protest with open fire
- 67 demonstrators ended up being killed
- The ANC was outlawed -ending the non-violence movements
- An underground organization sprung up that engaged in terrorist attacks against symbolic targets
- SA gov’t passed a law where police could arrest without warrant
- 1964, Nelson Mandela, leader of the ANC is arrested for life in prison
Summary.
The Sharpeville massacre was the aftermath of blacks protesting the use of "pass laws" and the reference books. The people burnt their refference books and then were attacked by the police ending in the death of 67 people. Following this the South African Government passed a law stating police could arrest without a warrant.
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