What Led To The Civil Rights Movement

During the apartheid protests, there were many violent protests. They started to gradually increase around the 1960s, which coincidentally was the same time as the civil rights movement for minorities as well in America. The violence during the apartheid protests reached it’s true peak during the Sharpeville Massacre where seventy people died and more than 100 people wounded. Factors that led to such violent protests during this time, which include increased laws against black africans and the gradually increased following of Anti-Apartheid movements/political parties and their leaders. The type of laws as the protests began to reach it’s peak were getting more harsh by the moment. In 1953, the government released the Bantu Education Act which brought education of black South Africans under the government’s control and extended apartheid to black schools. Thus, it gave a racially conditioned curriculum that closed the window of desires/ aspirations of black students beyond anything above being a domestic worker, which made many upset. In addition, the Group Areas
The African National Congress and the South African Communist Party were 2 prominent groups during apartheid that influenced many people into wanting change for their country. Through these organizations, many people started to follow their nonviolent protests and listen to the leaders of the groups and their campaigns such as Nelson Mandela and Albert Luthuli. The American National Congress had many black South Africans convinced that they deserve their rights and that they were finally fed up with apartheid and its laws. It was through the organization’s influence that convinced people to protest passionately over these laws and issues in the country, which may have caused violence because they were overly passionate on the