Flash collection, 1946-1952 (inclusive), [microform].

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Flash collection, 1946-1952 (inclusive), [microform].

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The collection contains a series of newsletters or flyers published in 1946 and 1952 by the Passive Resistance Council of the Natal Indian Congress, the Passive Resistance Council of the Transvaal Indian Congress, and jointly by the African National Congress and Natal Indian Congress. During the 1946 Passive Resistance Campaign, two separate Flashes were published by the Passive Resistance Councils of the Natal and Transvaal Indian Congresses. A new series of Flash, published by the African National Congress and Natal Indian Congress together with copies of three issues of Afrika Newsletter, date from the 1952 Defiance Campaign.

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Natal Indian Congress. Passive Resistance Council.

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Transvaal Indian Congress. Passive Resistance Council

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African National Congress. Youth League

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The African National Congress (ANC) was formed in 1912 as the South African Native National Congress (it changed its name to the ANC in 1923) with the aim of replacing tribal opposition to white rule with a united African force. At first its membership was narrow - its leaders drawn from among traditional chiefs and wealthy Africans, its aims were limited and its activities were law-abiding. An attempt by J.T. Gumede to create a mass anti-imperialist movement was defeated by the moderates in 193...