anti-apartheid movement

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The anti-apartheid movement was a global and domestic campaign that sought to end South Africa’s system of racial segregation and white minority rule through political activism, protest, and international pressure.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf anti-racism movement ⓘ
human rights movement ⓘ
political movement ⓘ
social movement ⓘ
aimedTo end apartheid in South Africa ⓘ
end racial segregation in South Africa ⓘ
end white minority rule in South Africa ⓘ
contributedTo first democratic elections in South Africa in 1994 ⓘ
lifting of apartheid-era bans on political organizations ⓘ
negotiated end of apartheid ⓘ
release of Nelson Mandela in 1990 ⓘ
hadDomesticComponentIn South Africa ⓘ
hadInternationalComponentIn Australia ⓘ
Canada ⓘ
India ⓘ
Netherlands ⓘ
New Zealand ⓘ
Nigeria ⓘ
Norway ⓘ
Sweden ⓘ
Tanzania ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
United States ⓘ
Zambia ⓘ
hadSlogan Boycott Apartheid ⓘ
End Apartheid ⓘ
Free Nelson Mandela ⓘ
influencedPolicy Commonwealth sanctions on South Africa ⓘ
European Community sanctions on South Africa ⓘ
UN arms embargo on South Africa ⓘ
UN economic sanctions on South Africa ⓘ
US Comprehensive Anti-Apartheid Act of 1986 ⓘ
involvedActor Organization of African Unity ⓘ
linked to: African Union

United Nations ⓘ
church groups ⓘ
community organizations ⓘ
international NGOs ⓘ
student organizations ⓘ
trade unions ⓘ
legacy inspiration for later divestment movements ⓘ
model for international sanctions campaigns ⓘ
promotion of racial equality in post-apartheid South Africa ⓘ
opposed National Party government of South Africa ⓘ
apartheid system in South Africa ⓘ
reachedClimaxIn 1980s ⓘ
relatedTo civil rights movement in the United States ⓘ
global anti-colonial movements ⓘ
supportedLeader Albertina Sisulu ⓘ
Chris Hani ⓘ
Desmond Tutu ⓘ
Joe Slovo ⓘ
Nelson Mandela ⓘ
Oliver Tambo ⓘ
Steve Biko ⓘ
Walter Sisulu ⓘ
supportedOrganization African National Congress ⓘ
Congress of South African Trade Unions ⓘ
Pan Africanist Congress ⓘ
South African Communist Party ⓘ
South African Council of Churches ⓘ
United Democratic Front ⓘ
timePeriod 1940s ⓘ
1950s ⓘ
1960s ⓘ
1970s ⓘ
1980s ⓘ
early 1990s ⓘ
usedMethod academic boycotts ⓘ
armed struggle ⓘ
boycotts ⓘ
civil disobedience ⓘ
consumer boycotts ⓘ
cultural boycotts ⓘ
divestment campaigns ⓘ
economic sanctions campaigns ⓘ
international lobbying ⓘ
mass protest ⓘ
strikes ⓘ
trade union solidarity actions ⓘ

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Winnie Mandela → movement → anti-apartheid movement ⓘ
Bantu Education Act → opposedBy → Black Consciousness Movement ⓘ
linked to: anti-apartheid movement
Defiance Campaign → partOf → South African anti-apartheid struggle ⓘ
linked to: anti-apartheid movement
Yusuf Dadoo → movement → anti-apartheid movement ⓘ
A. I. Kajee → movement → anti-apartheid movement ⓘ
United Democratic Front → partOf → South African anti-apartheid movement ⓘ
linked to: anti-apartheid movement
Long Walk to Freedom → mainSubject → anti-apartheid movement ⓘ
Zindzi Mandela → movement → anti-apartheid movement ⓘ
Thabo Mbeki → participatedIn → anti-apartheid movement ⓘ
Hope and Suffering → associatedWith → anti-apartheid movement ⓘ
Crying in the Wilderness → associatedWith → anti-apartheid movement ⓘ
The True Confessions of an Albino Terrorist → mainSubject → anti-apartheid movement ⓘ
Amy Carter → movement → anti-apartheid movement ⓘ
Ahmed Kathrada → movement → anti-apartheid movement ⓘ
Fatima Meer → movement → anti-apartheid movement ⓘ
Kader Asmal → movement → anti-apartheid movement ⓘ
nonviolence movement → influenced → anti-apartheid movement in South Africa ⓘ
linked to: anti-apartheid movement
Mac Maharaj → movement → anti-apartheid movement ⓘ
Nomzamo Winifred Zanyiwe Madikizela-Mandela → movement → anti-apartheid movement ⓘ
subject linked to: Nomzamo
Kgalema Motlanthe → movement → anti-apartheid movement ⓘ
Cyril Ramaphosa → participatedIn → anti-apartheid movement ⓘ
Silver and Gold → mainTheme → anti-apartheid movement ⓘ
Hector Pieterson → movement → anti-apartheid movement ⓘ
Walter Sisulu → movement → anti-apartheid movement ⓘ
Govan Mbeki → participantIn → South African anti-apartheid movement ⓘ
linked to: anti-apartheid movement
Robert Sobukwe → movement → anti-apartheid movement ⓘ
Monty Naicker → movement → anti-apartheid movement ⓘ
Jan Hofmeyr School of Social Work → associatedWith → anti-apartheid movement ⓘ
Jacob Zuma → movement → anti-apartheid movement ⓘ
Winifred Madikizela-Mandela → movement → anti-apartheid movement ⓘ
subject linked to: Winifred
Nadine Gordimer → movement → anti-apartheid movement ⓘ
Regina Mundi Church → associatedWithMovement → anti-apartheid movement ⓘ
Ela Gandhi → movement → anti-apartheid movement ⓘ
Joe Slovo → movement → anti-apartheid movement ⓘ
Moses Kotane → participatedIn → anti-apartheid movement ⓘ
apartheid government of South Africa → opposedBy → international anti-apartheid movement ⓘ
linked to: anti-apartheid movement
Congress Alliance → movement → anti-apartheid movement ⓘ
Mangosuthu Buthelezi → movement → anti-apartheid movement ⓘ
Yusuf Dadoo → movement → anti-apartheid movement ⓘ
subject linked to: Dadoo
South African Congress of Trade Unions → movement → anti-apartheid movement ⓘ
Oliver Tambo → workedOn → anti-apartheid movement ⓘ
Oliver Tambo → movement → anti-apartheid movement ⓘ
J.B. Marks → movement → anti-apartheid movement ⓘ
Albert Luthuli → movement → anti-apartheid movement ⓘ
African National Congress Youth League → ideology → anti-apartheid movement ⓘ
20th century → hasMajorEvent → anti-apartheid movement ⓘ
Dr G. M. Naicker → movement → anti-apartheid movement ⓘ
Harold George Bellanfanti Jr. → movement → anti-apartheid movement ⓘ
Allan Boesak → movement → anti-apartheid movement ⓘ
Albertina Sisulu → movement → anti-apartheid movement ⓘ