Africans made a unanimous resolution for a “National Day of Mourning and Protest” on which Africans countrywide would be ordered to stay at home. The resolution was taken during a rally held in Durban on 28 May 1950.
eventREF E-0065119Revised
28 May 1950
A resolution calling for Africans countrywide to stay at home, in protest against the Unlawful Organisations Act, is taken in Durban
- Updated
- 30 Sep 2019
How we know this
- 01Anon, (1955), “Decision reserved on application to run ‘All class’ buses,” from The Star, 26 May, [Available at the National Library of South Africa, Cape Town Campus]pg 1.
Last updated · 30 Sep 2019
South African History Online. (2011, May 31). A resolution calling for Africans countrywide to stay at home, in protest against the Unlawful Organisations Act, is taken in Durban. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0065119
South African History Online (2011) 'A resolution calling for Africans countrywide to stay at home, in protest against the Unlawful Organisations Act, is taken in Durban', South African History Online, 31 May. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0065119 (Accessed: 13 October 2026).
South African History Online, A resolution calling for Africans countrywide to stay at home, in protest against the Unlawful Organisations Act, is taken in Durban [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0065119, (accessed 13 October 2026).
"A resolution calling for Africans countrywide to stay at home, in protest against the Unlawful Organisations Act, is taken in Durban." South African History Online, 31 May 2011, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0065119. Accessed 13 Oct. 2026.
South African History Online. "A resolution calling for Africans countrywide to stay at home, in protest against the Unlawful Organisations Act, is taken in Durban." South African History Online. May 31, 2011. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0065119.
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