June 16
1976
Soweto Uprising
On June 16, 1976, thousands of Black schoolchildren in Soweto, South Africa, marched in peaceful protest against the apartheid government’s language policies—and ignited a nationwide uprising that forever altered the struggle against apartheid. Read more
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