March 21, 1960 (February 24), Boxer, South Africa "Sharpeville massacre occurred. the



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1960 March 21, the South African black township of Sharpeville genocide. (TodayinHistory.cn)
in the late 1950s, South Africa blacks intifadah growing. Urban areas, mass riots flared up, black people kill police events have occurred. In this situation, the Conference of Pan-Africanism anti-pass laws campaign launched on March 21, 1960. The the Panafrican Conference leaders Robert - Sorbian Quevedo took the lead, do not carry a permit, to the police station in front of voluntarily arrested. Tens of thousands of blacks to pass at home to the police station in front of the demonstrators. black township of Sharpeville town of around
Weilei Ni Jing industrial area of ​​all mobilized more than 10,000 people surrounded the police station. The government sent the Troops used tear gas, the aircraft failed to disperse the crowd, but more aroused the anger of the masses. Finally the police opened fire on unarmed demonstrators, killing 69 people and injuring 180 people, and caused appalling bloody tragedy. The other blacks towns outbreak of a similar mass demonstrations, and a series of police shootings of peaceful demonstrators event. The (lsjt.org)
white authorities declared a state of emergency law, in the nationwide manhunt. Thousands of black activists in jail. Subsequently, the South African government has promulgated the "illegal organization Act, announced on April 8 that banned the ANC and the Pan-African big. Africans organized resistance struggle from the underground.
1976, the Eleventh Congress of the Third United Nations passed a resolution provisions, the day of the South African people in the struggle against discrimination "March 21", as the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, the International Day ". the the Sharpeville massacre
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