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Sharpeville Massacre

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Place: New York, United States of America

Publishers: Southern Africa Committee, University Christian Movement (U.C.M.), and the American Committee on Africa

Published: March 19, 2023

Updated: March 19, 2023

Source: http://kora.matrix.msu.edu/files/50/304/32-130-DA3-84-al.sff.document.acoa001002.pdf

Copyright: Michigan State University, Southern Africa Committee, University Christian Movement (U.C.M.), and the American Committee on Africa

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South Africa

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English

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Sharpeville - 21 March 1960 - sixty nine Africans were shot dead by police, hundreds injured and thousands arrested. The Pass Laws became the focus of protest in 1960 for the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC).

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