Pass Laws

User icon Heather Dray
11 August 2023
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Research for HIS 335 Africa in the Modern World class project.


Africa Media Online

DM2000030625:SAED:POLITICS:SEP1956 - Anti-Pass Campaign - As part of the Anti-Pass Campaign, on August 9, 1956, 20 000 women of all races, some with babies on their backs, from the cities …


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June 26, 1957. Protest Day Prayers. Part of the crowd of nearly 5000 who gathered at a prayer meeting at the end of a day of protest against apartheid and …


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A somber atmosphere prevails as an endless row of coffins bears testimony to the brutality of the events of 21 March1960. Sixty-nine people, including eight women and ten children, were …


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GW1826, South Africa, Johannesburg: Poster- anti apartheid, struggle days , Abolish Pass laws - Communist Party. workers Graeme Williams/South


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c. 1980. Men queue for passes at Albert Street Pass Office in Johannesburg. Photo by Africamera. © Times Media