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Call Number: |
D11.01.01 |
Identifier: |
SAHA_TUT_p083 |
Title: |
Police shot into a crowd demonstrating against the pass laws in the black township of Sharpeville |
Date: |
21 March 1960 |
Subject: |
Massacre;
Pass laws;
Protest;
Sharpeville; |
Description: |
This is a black and white photograph of police shooting into a crowd demonstrating against the pass laws in the black township of Sharpeville on 21 March 1960. This photograph was provided by the International Defence and Aid Fund (IDAF) for reproduction on page 83 of Julie Frederikse's book 'The Unbreakable Thread: non-racialism in South Africa' originally published by Ravan Press in 1990. Included in SAHA's online edition of the book and in the virtual exhibition 'Tracing the unbreakable thread: non-racialism in South Africa', courtesy of the UWC-Robben Island Museum Mayibuye Archives |
Creator: |
Photographer unknown |
Type: |
Photograph |
Format: |
Jpeg |
Source: |
UWC-Robben Island Museum Mayibuye Archives |
Coverage: |
South Africa |
Rights: |
Courtesy of the UWC-Robben Island Museum Mayibuye Archives |
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