Part of the large crowd that assembled at Fordsburg to protest, 1951

Photograph by Jurgen Schadeberg

Updated: 24 Jul 2019

Part of the large crowd that assembled at Fordsburg to protest, 1951 — Photograph by Jurgen Schadeberg

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".

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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: 6 September 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 6 September 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 6 Sept. 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.