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The Sharpeville massacre occurred on 21 March 1960, when police opened fire on a crowd of people who had assembled outside the police station in the township of Sharpeville in the then Transvaal Province of the then Union of South Africa (today part of Gauteng) to protest against the pass laws.
English: The marker/badge used to show the protected status of the graves of those who died in the Sharpeville massacre on 21 March 1960. The graves are in Phelindaba Cemetery in Sharpeville. The graves are in Phelindaba Cemetery in Sharpeville.
Ian Berry (born 1934) is a British photojournalist with Magnum Photos.He made his reputation in South Africa, where he worked for the Daily Mail and later for Drum magazine. . He was the only photographer to document the massacre at Sharpeville in 1960, and his photographs were used in the trial to prove the victims' innocence.
It's been 60 years since the massacre of 69 unarmed civilians by the South African apartheid state. Here's how the killings changed the way the world thinks about human rights.
He was among the photographers who captured the Sharpeville massacre on 21 March 1960. [2] In 1963, while working for Drum, he was selected together with Harry Mashabela to go and shoot a story about African students in the Iron Curtain countries. The two made the front cover of the next edition of the magazine, "Drum men go to Europe".
5 March 1960 Alberto Korda: Havana, Cuba 35 mm The photograph depicts Che Guevara at a funeral for the victims of the La Coubre explosion. The portrait is commonly displayed as a symbol of student protest and revolutionary movements, and has appeared on clothing and other merchandise. [53] [54] [55] [s 1] [s 2] [s 3] [s 4] [s 6] Massacre at ...
On 21 March 1960, the Sharpeville massacre occurred when the PAC (Pan Africanist Congress) organized a protest in which black Africans attempted to hand in to police their Apartheid-required pass books which restricted them from going in certain areas. Although the crowd was peaceful throughout the day, over 70 white officers and men of the ...
Sharpeville massacre: 1960-03-21 Sharpeville: 69 South African police shot down black protesters. 180 wounded [15] Soweto uprising: 1976-06-16 Soweto: 176-700+ Police shot at young black students who were protesting against the use of Afrikaans in schools. Church Street bombing: 1983-05-20 Outside Nedbank Plein, Church Street West, Pretoria ...