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The Soweto Uprising of 1976

The Soviet Upheaval, 1985-1991First Edition ©2021 Michael Rutz

The documents in this collection introduce students to the Soweto Uprising and the viewpoints of the white government and the African opposition.  Readers will enter into the debates over race relations, equality of opportunity, and the consequences of imperialism that framed the history of

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Cover: The Soweto Uprising of 1976, 1st Edition by Michael Rutz

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The documents in this collection introduce students to the Soweto Uprising and the viewpoints of the white government and the African opposition.  Readers will enter into the debates over race relations, equality of opportunity, and the consequences of imperialism that framed the history of apartheid-era South Africa.

Students will engage with a wide range of primary sources, guided in their analyses by a learning objective, central question, historical background, source headnotes, source questions, project questions and suggestions for further research. Through their work with these documents, they will gain a more complete understanding of the present in an historically-based context, an enhanced ability to read, interpret, assess, and contextualize primary sources, and practice explaining historical change over time.

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Table of Contents

Central Question

Learning Objective

Historical Background

Timeline

PRIMARY SOURCES

Hendrik Verwoerd, Comments on "Bantu Education," June 1954

Duma Nokwe, "Bantu Education in Action," October 1955

Interview with Winnie Mandela, June 1976

Two Student Leaders Reflect on the Soweto Uprising, January 1977

Henrietta Moabi, "A Mother’s View," August 1976

Two White Perspectives on the Events of June 1976

United Democratic Front Protest Poster, 1985

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