Congress Of The People, 25 June 1955. Home Movies Shot On These Historic Occasions. The Congress of the People was a gathering organised by the National Action Council, a multi-racial organisation which later became known as the Congress Alliance, and held in Kliptown on 26 June 1955 to lay out the vision of the South African people. The Freedom Charter was drawn up at the gathering, which was statement of core principles of the Alliance and a symbol of internal resistance against apartheid.
- Place discussed
- South Africa
- Published in
- Vancouver, BC
