HIST 310 Lecture 23: Hist310Lec23
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Joe matthews tried to change anc into a military operation. Oliver tambo took anc (external mission) to tanzania. Paolo jordan educated in usa distrusted by mk(anc militant wing) Army wing was fighting to take sa by force: struggled with boredom. Permanent government formed: heyday of drum magazine and urban gangs. Legislation: native administration laws, antimiscegnation(no-interracial marriage, townships. Repression and urban reform: police detentions, youth seizure of the streets in townships, verglites (enlightened national party) Verkrampts demand afrikaans be used to teach blacks. 1976 (april-may: students go on strike, return in june of 76, students threaten principle of school. The way that the uprising is taught is to connect to the black consciousness movment: south african students organization, south african students movement. Ran protests: young students attacked older students and destroyed their exams for graduation. Students march from morris issacson to orlando west high schools: police shoot and kill 11 children, 176 total innocents killed during uprising (potentially hundreds more)