The ANC and South African Indian Congress organized a stay-at-home against the Suppression of Communism Act and state repression. Mandela was placed in charge of the Coordinating Committee’s office. The protest connected African and Indian organizations around a shared challenge to laws used to criminalize political opposition. Workers and communities supplied the action’s force; the date later became a recurring marker in South African liberation history.
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What was Mandela’s role in the 26 June 1950 protest?
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The source records him in charge of the Coordinating Committee office.