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racially restricted beach in apartheid-era South Africa Black and white sign reading Pretoria, suburban station for non-whites, displayed in the Apartheid Museum in Johannesburg, South Africa as part of a segregation exhibit. Map of South Africa showing the locations and boundaries of Bantustan territories during apartheid, with each Bantustan-such as Bophuthatswana, Ciskei, Gazankulu, KaNgwane, KwaNdebele, KwaZulu, Lebowa, Qwaqwa, Transkei, and Venda-highlighted in different colors. The map also marks historical province boundaries and major cities.
Video thumbnail image shows Black South African schoolchildren standing behind a fence.
Uncovering apartheid history in Cape Town's District Six
People lie wounded or dead on the ground as others stand nearby in the aftermath of the Sharpeville massacre in South Africa, with crowds gathered in the background.
The video thumbnail image shows a black and white image of Chief Albert John Mvumbi Luthuli.
Apartheid Museum, Johannesburg, South Africa Nelson Mandela, wearing a blue suit and red patterned tie, speaks at a podium holding papers in the United Nations General Assembly hall. A police officer examines the passbook of a Black South African man during apartheid, illustrating the enforcement of pass laws restricting movement.
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How Did Apartheid Change South Africa?
More than three decades after apartheid, South Africa is still considered the most...
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Uncovering apartheid history in Cape Town's District Six
Black activists, including Nelson Mandela, were imprisoned in Cape Town, South Africa,...
Video: Contunico © ZDF Studios GmbH, Mainz; Thumbnail Rüdiger Wölk
How Albert Luthuli Shaped South Africa's Apartheid Resistance
“I have the feeling that I have been made answerable for the future of the people...
Video: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
Nelson Mandela: From shepherd to president
“In my country we go to prison first and then become President.”
Video: Contunico © ZDF Studios GmbH, Mainz; Thumbnail © Attila Jandi/Dreamstime.com

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racially restricted beach in apartheid-era South Africa
Sign at a beach in Durban, South Africa, in 1989, during the apartheid era. It restricted...
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Apartheid-era sign
A sign during the apartheid era indicating a station for use by South Africans who...
© Dendenal81—iStock/Getty Images
A map of the territories known as Bantustans (also known as Black homelands or Black states) established in South Africa during the apartheid era
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
Aftermath of the deadly Sharpeville demonstration
The wounded being tended to after police opened fire on an anti-apartheid demonstration...
Central Press/Hulton Archive/Getty Images
Apartheid Museum, Johannesburg, South Africa
Visitors viewing an exhibit at the Apartheid Museum, Johannesburg, South Africa.
© Matt Stabile
Nelson Mandela
Several months after his release from prison, Nelson Mandela addressed the Special...
Pernaca Sudhakaran/UN Photo
Pass law
A police officer checking the reference book of a Black man, in accordance with the...
Central Press—Hulton Archive/Getty Images
Population Registration Act
A racial classification certificate of a South African, issued in 1978, that identifies...
Courtesy Andy Winter. Reproduced by permission
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