| 30 March 1960 |
South Africa
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Racism
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Philip Kgosana leads a mass march into Cape Town
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| 28 March 1960 |
South Africa
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South Africa
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A national stay-at-home protests the Sharpeville Massacre
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| 27 March 1960 |
South Africa
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South Africa
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Police temporarily suspend enforcement of pass laws
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| 23 March 1960 |
South Africa
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South Africa
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PAC leaders are charged after the anti-pass campaign
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| 22 March 1960 |
South Africa
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South Africa
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The government defends police action after Sharpeville
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| 21 March 1960 |
South Africa
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South Africa
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Police carry out the Sharpeville Massacre
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| 21 March 1960 |
South Africa
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South Africa
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Police shoot anti-pass protesters in Langa
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| 21 March 1960 |
South Africa
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Racism
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Anti-pass protesters face lethal repression at Sharpeville and Langa
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| 16 March 1960 |
South Africa
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South Africa
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Robert Sobukwe announces the PAC anti-pass campaign
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| 14 March 1960 |
South Africa
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South Africa
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The defence opens its case in the Treason Trial
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| 19 June 1959 |
South Africa
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South Africa
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The Promotion of Bantu Self-Government Act is passed
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| 30 May 1959 |
South Africa
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Racism
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The ANC calls for a potato boycott against abusive farm labour
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| 6 April 1959 |
South Africa
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South Africa
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The Pan Africanist Congress is founded
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| 6 April 1959 |
South Africa
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Racism
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Africanist organizers launch the Pan Africanist Congress
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| 3 September 1958 |
South Africa
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South Africa
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Hendrik Verwoerd becomes prime minister
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