Part of the large crowd that assembled at Fordsburg to protest. The defiance campaign was born a year earlier, in Johannesburg, on July 1951, when leaders met and decided to form a Joint Planning Council to co-ordinate the liberation movements "to embark upon an immediate mass campaign for the repeal of oppressive measures".
imageREF I-0039849Revised
Image record
Part of the large crowd that assembled at Fordsburg to protest, 1951
- Updated
- 24 Jul 2019
Photograph by Jurgen Schadeberg
South African History Online. (2011, March 28). Part of the large crowd that assembled at Fordsburg to protest, 1951. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/I-0039849
South African History Online (2011) 'Part of the large crowd that assembled at Fordsburg to protest, 1951', South African History Online, 28 March. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/I-0039849 (Accessed: 29 October 2026).
South African History Online, Part of the large crowd that assembled at Fordsburg to protest, 1951 [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/I-0039849, (accessed 29 October 2026).
"Part of the large crowd that assembled at Fordsburg to protest, 1951." South African History Online, 28 Mar. 2011, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/I-0039849. Accessed 29 Oct. 2026.
South African History Online. "Part of the large crowd that assembled at Fordsburg to protest, 1951." South African History Online. March 28, 2011. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/I-0039849.
Further reading
Place
Kuils River
Long before European ships arrived, the land around modern Kuils River already carried the footprints of indigenous...
Place
False Bay
If you leave the "Mother City" of South Africa and follow the M3 towards Muizenberg, you will have a great view of the.....
Place
Knoflokskraal Settlement
Knoflokskraal is a settlement that has grown significantly since its inception in 2020, with homes, livestock farms,...
Archive
Archive
How Glasgow helped free Nelson Mandela
Your browser does not support the video tag.
SAHO is free because readers fund it. Donate →