The African National Congress

The African National Congress My subject deals with the African National Congress. Members founded the organization on 8th January 1912 to increase the rights and freedoms of the black South African population. So, the ANC is a national liberation movement. PART ONE: HISTORY AND EVOLUTION OF THE ANC For nine decades, ANC has led the struggle against racism and oppression, organizing mass resistance, mobilizing the international community and taking up the armed struggle against apartheid

This is the 1994 elections poster used by the ANC, African National Congress, against the National Party and its candidate of the time: (born 18 March 1936). The South African general election of 1994 was the first free election held in South Africa after the end of apartheid and also the first held on a non-racial base and with universal suffrage. The election was conducted under the direction of the Independent Electoral Commission. We can say this because these elections were the first to have

Né en 1918 au sein d’une famille bantoue cultivée et influente, Nelson Mandela entreprend des études de droit. Conscient très vite de la ségrégation raciale à l’encontre des noirs et influencé par Walter Sisulu, il intègre l’African National Congress (ANC). Très vite, il devient l’un de ses principaux leaders, notamment avec la création de la Ligue de la jeunesse. Fondateur du premier cabinet d’avocats noirs d’Afrique du Sud, il mène des campagnes non-violentes jusqu’au massacre de Sharpeville,

MANDELA Né en 1918 au sein d’une famille bantoue cultivée et influente, Nelson Mandela entreprend des études de droit. Conscient très vite de la ségrégation raciale à l’encontre des noirs et influencé par Walter Sisulu, il intègre l’African National Congress (ANC). Très vite, il devient l’un de ses principaux leaders, notamment avec la création de la Ligue de la jeunesse. Fondateur du premier cabinet d’avocats noirs d’Afrique du Sud, il mène des campagnes non-violentes jusqu’au massacre de Sharpeville

It was a South African statesman. It was one of the leaders of the struggle against the political system of racial segregation (apartheid). Nelson Mandela joined the African National Congress (ANC) in 1944. Became a lawyer, he participated in non-violent struggle against apartheid laws. On 5th August 1962 , he was arrested by the South African Police, indicated by the CIA and sentenced to prison and hard labor for life at the Rivonia Trial . So, it becomes a symbol of the struggle for racial

The Apartheid The Apartheid means separateness in Afrikaans. It was a racial segregation set up by National Party government in South Africa between 1948 and 1994. The concept of apartheid articulated around the political, social, economic and geographical division of the South African territory and its population divided in four hierarchically distinct racial groups: ➢ The Whites: they represent a little more than 21% of the population. They are chiefly the descendants of European immigrants

August 4, 1961) is the President-elect of the United States, with a term starting on January 20, 2009. He is the first African American to be elected President of the United States. Obama was the junior United States Senator from Illinois (as well as the only African American in the Senate[1]) from 2005 until he resigned on November 16, 2008, following his election to the Presidency. He is a graduate of Columbia University and Harvard Law School, where he was president of the Harvard Law Review

and harmony. The racial bloodbath (bain de sang) feared by many had been averted. "The time for the healing (guérison) of the wounds (bléssure) has come," Mr Mandela, who has now turned 90, said at the time. "We enter into a covenant (alliance) that we shall build the society in which all South Africans, both black and white - will be able to walk tall. A Rainbow Nation at peace with itself and the world." His words ushered (guider) in a collective reverie as white South Africans discovered their

SOUTH AFRICA A WEBQUEST 1 .What are the colours of the South African flag? [pic] 2.This flower is the symbol of South Africa. What is its name? [pic] This flower is the king protea 3.What is (are) the capital (s) of South Africa? -Pretoria -Bloemfontein -Cape Town 4.What is the South African currency? South Africa's unit of currency is the rand 5.Write down the names of the four main languages. South Africa had only four official languages, namely English, Afrikaans

Introduction The history of racial segregation after the Civil war (Before the case Brown v. Board of Education) The racial segregation was always a big question in the history of human rights in United States. Before the civil war, slavery was popular in the southern states; blacks were just as property of the white owners. But there were no more slaves after the civil war (1865), millions of formerly enslaved African Americans hoped to join the larger society as full and equal citizens