Women's March 1956 02

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Updated: 7 Jan 2021

On August 9 1956, about 20 000 women marched to the Union Buildings in Pretoria to protest against legislation aimed at tightening the apartheid government's control over the movement of black women in urban areas.

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South African History Online. (2020, August 6). Women's March 1956 02. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/I-0150386

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