South Africa and foreign countries reacted differently to the Sharpeville massacre / Apartheid in South Africa : an overview / Brian Martin -- The freedom charter / South African Congress Alliance -- Establishing separate communities for different races / M.A. Johnson -- The Sharpeville massacre / The Rt. Reverend Ambrose Reeves -- A student uprising in Soweto / Denis Herbstein -- An inquiry into an activist's death / Benjamin Pogrund -- A warning from South Africa's Bishop Tutu / Gary Thatcher -- The beginning of the end for apartheid / F.W. De Klerk -- Apartheid has no future / Nelson Mandela -- A risky plan for post-apartheid South Africa / Hugh Dellios -- Controversies surrounding apartheid in South Africa -- Apartheid is the best policy for South Africa / A.L. Geyer -- Apartheid is an evil and unjust system / Desmond Tutu -- South Africa and foreign countries reacted differently to the Sharpeville massacre / Brian Martin -- A white South African teen discovers truths about his country / Mark Abrahamson in Tim McKee and anne Blackshaw -- Sanctions should not be imposed on South Africa / Helen Suzman -- Us companies may not truly be leaving South Africa / Charles Villa-Vicencio -- Multiple factors caused the collapse of apartheid / Kathleen C. Schwartzman and Kristie A. Taylor -- The Truth and Reconciliation Commission was successful / Njabulo S. Ndebele -- The Truth and Reconciliation Commission had many weaknesses / R.W. Johnson -- Economic apartheid lives on in South Africa / Pusch Commey -- Personal narratives -- A South African reflects on his childhood / Christian S. Gerber -- A political prisoner serves time on Robben Island / Mac Maharaj -- A black youth experiences apartheid firsthand / Mark Mathabane -- An imprisoned ANC leader learns about Soweto and the new activists / Nelson Mandela -- A white South African teen discovers truths about his country / Mark Abrahamson in Tim McKee and anne Blackshaw -- A South African woman recalls traumatic events of apartheid / Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela.
Summary:
Examines the genocide and persecution of South African people, providing an historical background on Apartheid, a "separateness" of the races, beginning in 1948.
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