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The Soweto Uprising June 16, 1976

June 19, 2024

By Dannie Gore Soweto, South Africa On June 16, 1976, black high school students numbering in the thousands took to the streets to protest their grievances over a racially discriminatory educational policy that forced them to use Afrikaans as the official language in the classroom. The ensuing clashes between the police and the defenseless children […]

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