Black residents gathered at Sharpeville in a Pan Africanist Congress campaign against pass laws that controlled African movement and labor. Police opened fire, killing 69 people and wounding many more. The massacre intensified resistance, helped trigger the banning of the ANC and PAC, and drew global attention to apartheid. Eyewitness accounts preserve how the event was experienced beyond official police claims.
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What were Sharpeville protesters opposing?
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The PAC campaign challenged pass laws used to control Black movement and labor.