How Did South African Americans Obtain Their Freedom

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Indians, South Africans, and African Americans gain their freedom in numerous ways that are inspirational to the current generation who are slowly reliving the history. Indian and South Africans had to gain their freedom from foreigners in their country. African Americans had freedom in their country but did not have equal respect or equal freedom as Whites in United States. Indians, South Africans, and African Americans had similar struggles for their freedom in their country. They all went through discrimination in their country. In India, Hindus and Muslims were divided. In South Africa, there were laws passed associating with apartheid. In the United States, African Americans went through discrimination with Jim Crow laws. The wicked treatments toward Indians, South Africans, and African Americans from the Whites were effective because …show more content…
Whites were powerful because they were over all trading and governments in the countries. The governments overthrew the citizens such as the Indians, Africans, and African Americans because the government ran the country. The oppressed groups in India, South Africa, and United States struggled with discrimination and segregation in their jobs, education, and public service.
Indians, South Africans, and African Americans used non-violence to gain their independence from their oppressors. The oppressed groups had powerful nonviolence leaders to help with their nonviolent civil disobedience. Indians had Mahatma Gandhi as their leader, who created the method of nonviolent civil disobedience to gain independence. Gandhi is the first successful leader to use nonviolence to get respect and independence for his country. Gandhi was the inspiration to other leaders that dealt with oppression in their country.

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