1. The History of Apartheid in S.Africa

2. Objectives Explain what apartheid was Explain why Europeans wanted S.Africa in the first place Identify what apartheid was like Identify how apartheid ended

3. Why? Europeans wanted S.African resources Especially diamonds

5. Apartheid Laws enacted in 1948, racial discrimination becomes institutionalized Race laws touch every aspect of social life White only laws-blacks had to carry passbooks Equivalent- Jim Crow laws in the US

8. United States

9. Why? Discuss what apartheid would do

13. Homelands Semi- independent areas occupied by blacks

14. Strict Law Govt allowed some to live outside homelands –To work certain jobs Pass laws –Split families

18. Sharpsville Massacre March 21 *On this date in 1960, police in Sharpeville, near Johannesburg, fired on Black South Africans protesting racially biased pass laws. The protesters suffered 72 deaths and more than 200 injuries in two days of violence

20. Nelson Mandela Arrested in 1962 for opposing the apartheid laws The African National Congress was a banned organization, he was a part of it In jail until 1990 Elected first black president in 1994

22. Desmond Tutu Another leader against apartheid Religious leader

23. Tutu Quotations "When missionaries came to South Africa, we had the land, they had the Bible. Then they told us, 'Let's close our eyes and pray.' When we opened our eyes we saw that we have the Bible, they have the land." "If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. If an elephant has its foot on the tail of a mouse and you say that you are neutral, the mouse will not appreciate your neutrality."

24. How did apartheid end? Cost of apartheid for white minority became too great Economy stagnant World trade sanctions

26. To close… Explain what apartheid was Explain why Europeans wanted S.Africa in the first place Identify what apartheid was like Identify how apartheid ended

27. Connection between Arab- Israeli and S. Africa