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Defiance Campaign 1952
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Defiance Campaign 1952
27 August 2019
The post-1948 period saw the African National Congress (ANC) abandoning its traditional reliance on tactics of moderatio...
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The defiance campaign covered by Drum, 1952
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The defiance campaign covered by Drum, 1952
24 July 2019
One of the important political events covered by Drum journalists and photographers in the 1950s was the 1952 Defiance C...
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Protest march. Transvaal, June 1958: After the ban on politics in parts of the Marico district
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Protest march. Transvaal, June 1958: After the ban on politics in parts of the Marico district
24 July 2019
Protest march. Transvaal, June 1958: After the ban on politics in parts of the Marico district.
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Police force open a window to the Indian Congress offices in Johannesburg on 31 July 1952
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Police force open a window to the Indian Congress offices in Johannesburg on 31 July 1952
24 July 2019
Police force open a window to the Indian Congress offices in Johannesburg on 31 July 1952. They confiscated many documen...
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Police force open a window to the Indian Congress offices in Johannesburg on July 31st 1952
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Police force open a window to the Indian Congress offices in Johannesburg on July 31st 1952
24 July 2019
Police force open a window to the Indian Congress offices in Johannesburg on 31 July 1952. They confiscated many documen...
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Leaders call for 10 000 volunteers
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Leaders call for 10 000 volunteers
24 July 2019
Leaders call for 10 000 volunteers.
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Leaders of the defiance campaign
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Leaders of the defiance campaign
24 July 2019
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Dr. Dadoo during the Defiance Campaign trial
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Dr. Dadoo during the Defiance Campaign trial
24 July 2019
Dr. Dadoo during the Defiance Campaign trial, smoking his symbolic pipe whilst talking to Ruth First
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At Freedom Square, Fordburg the crowd masses to hear Moroka and Dadoo Speak from the platform
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At Freedom Square, Fordburg the crowd masses to hear Moroka and Dadoo Speak from the platform
24 July 2019
At Freedom Square, Fordburg the crowd masses to hear Moroka and Dadoo Speak from the platform, calling for volunteers fo...
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African National Congress leaders outside the Johannesburg Supreme Court
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African National Congress leaders outside the Johannesburg Supreme Court
24 July 2019
African National Congress leaders outside the Johannesburg Supreme Court during the Defiance Campaign trial in 1952.&nbs...
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