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1946 African Mineworkers Strike
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A Moravian missionary

A Moravian missionary, Johann Kienemann, visits schoolchildren in Engonjaneni in KwaZulu-Natal in 1933. 

Caution Beware of Natives

Two Black men pass a road sign reading "Caution Beware of Natives" in South Africa in 1956.

UDF Launch

Frances Baard addressing the UDF in Mitchels Plain. Photograph by Paul Weinberg.

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Patrick Mosiua Lekota, Popo Molefe and Trevor Manuel

Patrick Mosiua Lekota, Popo Molefe and Trevor Manuel Aug 20, 1983

One of the organisers of the 1956 Women's March Lilian Ngoyi

One of the organisers of the 1956 Women's March, Lilian Ngoyi

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victim of the atrocities committed by Belgium in the Congo

A young victim of the atrocities committed by Belgium in the Congo stands next to a missionary. 

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Caution Beware of Natives

Two Black men pass a road sign reading "Caution Beware of Natives" in South Africa in 1956.

UDF Launch

Frances Baard addressing the UDF in Mitchels Plain. Photograph by Paul Weinberg.

.

Image Source:
www.bruinou.com
Patrick Mosiua Lekota, Popo Molefe and Trevor Manuel

Patrick Mosiua Lekota, Popo Molefe and Trevor Manuel Aug 20, 1983

One of the organisers of the 1956 Women's March Lilian Ngoyi

One of the organisers of the 1956 Women's March, Lilian Ngoyi

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victim of the atrocities committed by Belgium in the Congo

A young victim of the atrocities committed by Belgium in the Congo stands next to a missionary. 

Image Source:
www.wikimedia.org
A Moravian missionary

A Moravian missionary, Johann Kienemann, visits schoolchildren in Engonjaneni in KwaZulu-Natal in 1933. 

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