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Hector Pieterson

Names: Pieterson, Hector

Born: 1963, unknown

Died: 16 June 1976

In summary: Hector *Pieterson was born in 1963. He became the iconic image of the 1976 Soweto uprising in apartheid South Africa when a newspaper photograph by Sam

Hector *Pieterson was born in 1963. He became the iconic image of the 1976 Soweto uprising in apartheid South Africa when a newspaper photograph by Sam Nzima - of the dying Hector being carried by a fellow student - was published around the world.

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