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The African National Congress was an organization the fought that discrimination against black civil rights, this group was created in1912 to unite the different tribes of black Africans so they could fight white dominancy as a combined force, Coloureds and Indians were not included in this organization. When the Apartheid laws were put in place the ANC (African National Congress) jumped to attention. On May 1 1950 the ANC organized a ‘Freedom Day’ when black workers went on strike to protest Apartheid. This was not successful in ending Apartheid because the white government did not want this to happen again so they created the Suppression of Communism Act, this act meant that anyone found guilty of communist behavior could be sent to jail for up to ten years.
In 1952 the ANC and Indian Congress reacted by creating the ‘defiance …show more content…
Most of the violence occurred in townships, large black slums, when the police appeared. Violence was not a planned method of fighting Apartheid but it certainly was successful because the white government by this point had completely lost control of the black populace. And by doing so was slowly losing the fight of Apartheid.
In conclusion none of these methods worked the only thing that truly ended Apartheid is when the white government decided to actually talk to nelson Mandela and other ANC leaders about Apartheid . Once a new Governor was elected petty Apartheid was out lawed and Nelson Mandela was released from jail. Still discussions proceeded until December 1993 a TEC was set up until the initial elections started this council included blacks and whites and Apartheid had ended. In May of 1993 Nelson Mandela was the first black president of South Africa.
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In 1952 the ANC and Indian Congress reacted by creating the ‘defiance …show more content…
Most of the violence occurred in townships, large black slums, when the police appeared. Violence was not a planned method of fighting Apartheid but it certainly was successful because the white government by this point had completely lost control of the black populace. And by doing so was slowly losing the fight of Apartheid.
In conclusion none of these methods worked the only thing that truly ended Apartheid is when the white government decided to actually talk to nelson Mandela and other ANC leaders about Apartheid . Once a new Governor was elected petty Apartheid was out lawed and Nelson Mandela was released from jail. Still discussions proceeded until December 1993 a TEC was set up until the initial elections started this council included blacks and whites and Apartheid had ended. In May of 1993 Nelson Mandela was the first black president of South Africa.
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