cover image: Secret Police Taking Mug Shots of Black Sash Demonstration in Front of Parliament Building

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Secret Police Taking Mug Shots of Black Sash Demonstration in Front of Parliament Building

1962

The protest was against an amendment to the so-called "hanging bill," a Law and Order Act that made hanging the minimum and mandatory sentence for any person guilty of possession or advocating use of inflammable materials (presumably with the intent to use these against the white population).
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Format of Original
Still image
Photographer
Wiley, David
Published in
Zimbabwe
Series
Africa Focus: Sights and Sounds of a Continent

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