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Walter Sisulu tries to recruit 5 000 volunteers during ANC meeting to protest forced removal of “Black Spots”

Walter Sisulu tries to recruit 5 000 volunteers during ANC meeting to protest forced removal of “Black Spots”

Date
26 Jun 1954
Updated
22 Aug 2019
Walter Sisulu tries to recruit 5 000 volunteers during ANC meeting to protest forced removal of “Black Spots”

  On 26 June 1954 Walter Sisulu addressed a meeting of the African National Congress (ANC) at the Communal Hall in Johannesburg. At the meeting he a spurred people to volunteer by pointing out that "we need 5 000 volunteers but we must get them before the removal of the ‘black spots’ begins, they must then be ready.”

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South African History Online. (2011, June 22). Walter Sisulu tries to recruit 5 000 volunteers during ANC meeting to protest forced removal of “Black Spots”. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0065259

South African History Online (2011) 'Walter Sisulu tries to recruit 5 000 volunteers during ANC meeting to protest forced removal of “Black Spots”', South African History Online, 22 June. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0065259 (Accessed: 16 August 2026).

South African History Online, Walter Sisulu tries to recruit 5 000 volunteers during ANC meeting to protest forced removal of “Black Spots” [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0065259, (accessed 16 August 2026).

"Walter Sisulu tries to recruit 5 000 volunteers during ANC meeting to protest forced removal of “Black Spots”." South African History Online, 22 June 2011, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0065259. Accessed 16 Aug. 2026.

South African History Online. "Walter Sisulu tries to recruit 5 000 volunteers during ANC meeting to protest forced removal of “Black Spots”." South African History Online. June 22, 2011. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0065259.

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