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anti-pass protesters

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anti-pass protesters

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Police massacre anti-pass demonstrators at Sharpeville

📅 21 March 1960

Police opened fire on an unarmed protest against pass laws, killing 69 people at Sharpeville and also killing protesters at Langa in Cape Town. The massacre demonstrated the violence used to enforce...