-In 1960 blacks fromed outside a police station in Sharpeville to protest the pass laws -They burnt their reference books -Police opened fire on crowed -67 demonstrators were killed -The ANC was outlawed -This ended the non-violence movement -An underground organization sprung up that engaged in terrorist attacks against symbolic targets -SA government passed a law where police could arrest without warrant -1964, Nelson Mandela, leader of the ANC is arrested for life in prison
Summary
Black people protested by burning their reference books, and policemen open fired on the crowd, resulting in nearly 70 killed.