Apartheid in South Africa

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Apartheid in South Africa
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Apartheid

• Legal separation of the races.
• This was the law of the Union of South Africa in
  1948, so the minority white population could stay
  in power by denying non-whites the right to vote.
• Citizens were either classified as Black,
  Colored, Asian or White. They were required to
  carry cards that identified them.

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Non white treatment

• Blacks were only allowed to own a very small
  amount of land
• Schools, libraries, movie theaters, restaurants
  were segregated
• People were not allowed to marry outside their
  race.

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• Two groups fought to put an end to the apartheid
  system
• African National Congress led by Nelson Mandela
  to gain equal right for all South Africans
• Pan African Congress

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• Many countries around the world were critical of
  the prejudiced government.
• Some countries put trade embargos on South Africa
  and protested against apartheid.
• Riots and fighting broke out.
• Mandela was sentenced to prison for speaking out
  against the government.

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• F.W. de Klerk, South Africas president agreed to
  allow the African National Congress to operate as
  a legal party in 1990.
• He released Nelson Mandela from prison after 27
  years.
• He began to repeal apartheid laws.

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• 1994 1st election with all races included.
• African National Congress won the most delegates
  to the new government.
• Nelson Mandela was chosen as the first black
  president. (Symbolic end to the apartheid system)

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• Mandelas goal was to get the races in South
  Africa to work together and try to overcome the
  hatred that had grown during the apartheid years.

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Pan-African Movement

• Create more unity among Africans around the
  world.
• Increase a sense of nationalism among Africans
  nations and a movement toward independence in the
  early 20th century.
• Develop an organization of African countries
  known as the African Union (AU).