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apartheid into action by national party
Although many of the segregationist policies dated back to the early decades of the twentieth century -
Mixed Marriages act
guaranteeing marriage equality for same-sex and interracial couples under federal law. -
population registration act
The Population Registration Act of 1950 required that each inhabitant of South Africa be classified and registered in accordance with their racial characteristics as part of the system of apartheid. -
Sharpville Massacre
police officers in a Black township in South Africa opened fire on a group of people peacefully protesting oppressive laws. Sixty‐nine protestors were killed. -
Rivonia trail
The Rivonia Trial was a trial that took place in apartheid-era South Africa between 9 October 1963 and 12 June 1964, after a group of anti-apartheid activists were arrested on Liliesleaf Farm in Rivonia. -
Bantu homeland citizenship act
The Bantu Homelands Citizenship Act of 1970 made every Black South African, irrespective of actual residence, a citizen of one of the Bantustans, which were organized on the basis of ethnic and linguistic groupings defined by white ethnographers. -
Township Uprising
Sometimes known as the township revolt and driven both by local grievances and by opposition to apartheid, the uprising lasted two years and affected most regions of the country. -
Mandela realized from prison
The release of Nelson Mandela from the Victor Verster Prison in Cape Town on 11 February 1990 was the most striking symbol of the end of apartheid in South Africa. -
nelson Mandela president
dismantling the legacy of apartheid by fostering racial reconciliation. -
hendrik verwoerd assassinated
a deranged white farmer shot Verwoerd in an assassination attempt that failed.