| 5 December 1956 |
South Africa
|
African National Congress
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Police arrest 156 Congress Alliance leaders in the Treason Trial raids
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| 9 August 1956 |
South Africa
|
African National Congress
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Women lead a mass march against pass laws
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| 27 October 1955 |
South Africa
|
African National Congress
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Women march to Pretoria against pass controls
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| 26 June 1955 |
South Africa
|
African National Congress
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Congress of the People adopts the Freedom Charter
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| 17 April 1954 |
South Africa
|
African National Congress
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Federation of South African Women adopts the Women's Charter
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| 1 January 1954 |
South Africa
|
African National Congress
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Bantu Education Act takes effect
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| 18 December 1952 |
South Africa
|
African National Congress
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Albert Luthuli is elected ANC president-general
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| 2 December 1952 |
South Africa
|
African National Congress
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Defiance Campaign leaders are convicted of statutory communism
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| 26 June 1952 |
South Africa
|
African National Congress
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Defiance Campaign begins
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| 29 July 1951 |
South Africa
|
African National Congress
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ANC convenes allies to plan a campaign against discriminatory laws
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| 26 June 1950 |
South Africa
|
African National Congress
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ANC calls a national day of protest and mourning
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| 1 May 1950 |
South Africa
|
African National Congress
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Police kill protesters during a stay-at-home protest in the Transvaal
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| 15 December 1949 |
South Africa
|
African National Congress
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ANC adopts Programme of Action and shifts toward mass mobilisation
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| 26 May 1948 |
South Africa
|
African National Congress
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National Party wins the election and moves to institutionalise apartheid
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| 9 March 1947 |
South Africa
|
African National Congress
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ANC and Indian Congress leaders sign the Doctors’ Pact
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