By Anna Hudson and Bailey Gilbert

 The Afrikaner Party took control in the 1940s  Apartheid enactment laws in 1948  Public Registration laws in 1950

 Department of Home Affairs handled all classification of race  Black Africans were forced to carry “pass book”  Non-compliance resulted in harsh penalties, including death

 In 1951, the Bantu Authorities Act established “homelands”  Each African was assigned by record of origin  Restricted to homelands, no longer African citizens

 4 were created from 1976 to 1981  Passports were necessary to leave  No political rights

 Passed in 1953  Declare state of emergency  Increase penalties

 1960, a group refused to carry passes  It lasted for 156 days  69 were dead, 187 wounded

 Led African National Congress  Defied Government in public  Did not like violence  Put in prison in 1962 with a twenty- seven year sentence

 Shared Nobel Peace Prize with F.W. deKlerk in 1993  Ended apartheid and brought a nonracial democracy  Successfully had a peaceful transition

 Three years after release black africans allowed to vote  Elected president with a 62% majority  Nations first black president  Retired in 1999

 5 out of 6 students knew nothing about apartheids  “I was amazed it had happened so recently.” -Anonymous  “How do I not know this?” - Carson

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