The women's protest against the Senate Act in 1955 had the effect of bringing together groups of women from all parts of South Africa, women who were later to form the nucleus of the Black Sash
Archive record
The great protest convoy

- Origin date
- August 1965
- Updated
- 27 Aug 2019

South African History Online. (2016, February 22). The great protest convoy. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/zu/ref/R-0101637
South African History Online (2016) 'The great protest convoy', South African History Online, 22 February. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/zu/ref/R-0101637 (Accessed: 30 July 2026).
South African History Online, The great protest convoy [website], https://sahistory.org.za/zu/ref/R-0101637, (accessed 30 July 2026).
"The great protest convoy." South African History Online, 22 Feb. 2016, https://sahistory.org.za/zu/ref/R-0101637. Accessed 30 July 2026.
South African History Online. "The great protest convoy." South African History Online. February 22, 2016. https://sahistory.org.za/zu/ref/R-0101637.
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