Social Mvmts: The Anti-Apartheid Movement
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"Condemn the South African Apartheid Regime and Support the International Boycott," c. 1975-1982
Rachael Romero designed this poster with the belief that art is not a commodity but a door to transformation of self and society. Artist: Rachael Romero / San Francisco Poster Brigade
Del Monte Profits from Apartheid - Support the Liberation Struggle - Boycott All Del Monte Products, 1978. Artist: Rachael Romero
From the Union of South Africa to the United States of America. Fight for Liberation and Revolution. The people of Southern Africa are standing up. From Azania to Namibia to Zimbabwe, imperialism and oppression are being met head on by resistance and struggle. White minority rule is on the way out. It is not bowing out gracefully... ‘From the Union of South Africa to the United States of America - Fight For Liberation And Revolution’, Revolutionary Workers Headquarters, Chicago, [1978].
South African Apartheid: Why Does It Look so Familiar to Americans?
Biko and Solidarity [Click on this image to find a short video and analysis of the conditions of apartheid in South Africa and why that system of oppression is comparable to Jim Crow segregation in the U.S.] "Merely by describing yourself as black you have started on a road toward emancipation, you have committed yourself to fight against all forces that seek to use your blackness as a stamp that marks you out as a subservient being." ~ Steve Biko Photo credit: STF / AFP / Getty Images
South African Apartheid: Why Does It Look so Familiar to Americans?
Biko Family Defiant [Click on this image to find a short video and analysis of the conditions of apartheid in South Africa and why that system of oppression is comparable to Jim Crow segregation in the U.S.] Ntsiki Biko, widow of South African political detainee Steve Biko, defiantly gives the Black Power salute with her children Samora (left) aged two, and Nkosinathi aged six, in front of their home at King William’s Town, South Africa..." Photo credit: Hulton Archive / Getty Images
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South African Youth Day June 16 marks the anniversary of the Soweto Uprising, when in 1976 South African high school students organized a series of protests in response to the introduction of...
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South African Youth Day June 16 marks the anniversary of the Soweto Uprising, when in 1976 South African high school students organized a series of protests in response to the introduction of...