Gail M. Gerhart collection, 1944-1979 (inclusive), [microform].

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Gail M. Gerhart collection, 1944-1979 (inclusive), [microform].

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The collection contains documents relating to the Pan Africanist Congress of South Africa (1944-1979) and the black consciousness movement of South Africa (1967-1979). Included are memoranda, pamphlets, newspaper articles, correspondence, diaries, minutes of meetings, speeches, press releases, police reports, and periodicals by or about the African National Congress, the Pan Africanist Congress, the South African Students Association (SASO), and the Black People's Convention. The events at Soweto (1976), the death of Stephen Biko, and the careers of black leaders such as Robert Sobukwe are also documented.

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Gerhart, Gail M.

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Biko, Steve, 1946-1977

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Bantu Stephen Biko was born in Kingwilliamstown on the 18th December 1946. He was educated at Marianhill Secondary School in Kwazulu. He entered the Medical School of the University of Natal (Black Section), 1966; he and his colleagues founded the South African Students' Organisation (SASO) in 1968. He was elected the first President of the organisation at its inaugural congress held at Turfloop in 1969; he was instrumental in the formation of one of SASO's projects, the Black Workers' Project (...

Sobukwe, Robert Mangaliso

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Black People's Convention.

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South African Students' Organisation

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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...

Pan Africanist Congress

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