Soweto uprising - Wikipedia
The Soweto uprising, also known as the Soweto riots or the Soweto rebellion, was a series of demonstrations and protests led by black school children in South Africa during apartheid that began …
Soweto Uprising | Summary, Reason, Causes, & Apartheid ...
Jun 16, 2023 · The Soweto Uprising was a student-led protest that began on June 16, 1976, in Soweto, South Africa, against the government’s plans to impose the Afrikaans language as a medium of …
16 June 1976 - Soweto Uprising | South African History Online
May 21, 2013 · The June 16 1976 Uprising that began in Soweto and spread countrywide profoundly changed the socio-political landscape in South Africa. Events that triggered the uprising can be …
Soweto Uprising and Riots (1976) - World History Edu
Nov 20, 2019 · In the early morning hours of June 16, 1976, crowds of students began swelling around the Orlando Stadium in Soweto. The organizers of the protest, the action committee of Soweto …
The 16 June 1976 Soweto students’ uprising – as it happened
Dec 26, 2024 · It took one day for young South Africans to change the course of the country’s history. The day was 16 June 1976. Here is an hour-by-hour account of the 1976 Soweto students’ uprising.
Soweto Riots: The Day our Children Lost Faith
On 16 June 1976, an estimated 20,000 children from schools in the township of Soweto in Johannesburg, took to the streets to protest the introduction of Afrikaans as a language of instruction …
The Soweto Uprising, 1976 - University of Michigan
The Michigan Daily, the UM student newspaper, spread the story of the Soweto Uprising on campus starting with a June 17, 1976 article titled "Blacks riot in South Africa."