Part 1 of 5 · freeIntroduction
In 1948, just as the world was starting to condemn state racism, South Africa took the opposite road. For 46 years it organized total segregation by law: apartheid.
That regime collapsed in the early 1990s without sliding into civil war. At the center of the turn stood Nelson Mandela, a lawyer turned resistance leader, freed after 27 years behind bars.
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- 2How segregation became the law
- 3From non-violence to armed resistance
- 4Negotiating the end of apartheid
- 5Reconciling without forgetting
Open-book quiz9 questions whose answers are in the text.
Glossary16 terms explained in a tap.
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