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17
December
1949

The ANC adopts a Programme of Action

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Biography 📅 17 December 1949 📍 South Africa

The ANC adopted a Programme of Action calling for mass action, civil disobedience, strikes, boycotts, and non-cooperation. The change grew from Youth League pressure and collective organizing, including the work of Walter Sisulu and Oliver Tambo; Mandela and Tambo joined the ANC National Executive Committee that December. This was a strategic turn from relying mainly on petitions toward organized popular resistance.

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Nelson Mandela

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African National Congress

ANC Youth League