9 January 1955PurgeNelson Rolihlahla Mandela
Decides that there is no alternative to armed & violent resistance
Historical records for South Africa in 1955, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.
Decides that there is no alternative to armed & violent resistance
Education is transferred to the Native Affairs Dept. A school boycott begins in response to the education reforms
The Black Sash was a non-violent white womens resistance organisation founded in 1955 in South Africa by Jean Sinclair. The Black Sash initially campaigned against the removal of Coloured or mixed race voters from the voters roll in the Cape Province by the National Party Government
Freedom Charter signed in South-Africa
Secretly watches the Congress of the People at Kliptown.
Freedom Charter signed in South-Africa
Witnesses adoption of the Freedom Charter.
The supremacy of Parliament is confirmed
The supremacy of Parliament is confirmed
Group Areas Development Act, apartheid legislation
An Act is passed making it unlawful to provide unauthorized education
Appointed President General of the ANC, 2nd term
An Act is passed making it unlawful to provide unauthorized education
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