EVENT INFORMATION

26
Juni
1955

The Congress of the People adopts the Freedom Charter

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📅 26 Juni 1955 📍 Zuid-Afrika

Delegates at Kliptown adopted the Freedom Charter after demands had been gathered from communities. Its programme linked equal political rights with land, work, education and shared resources. This articulated a broad institutional alternative to apartheid: freedom meant transforming who controlled public life and economic opportunities, rather than ending selected discriminatory practices alone.

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Organisaties in dit Evenement

Congress of the People

Congress Alliance

African National Congress

South African Indian Congress