The Black And White Water Fountains - 1918 Words

Visualize the critical racial discrimination in the United States and recall prior knowledge about the harsh environments and the unequal treatments that African Americans faced such as the â€Å"black and white water fountains† in the South. Dating back to the beginning of the 1910s, Apartheid has done its share in racial segregation .It as an immense conflict that was yet concluded by the people who collaborated to form the Anti-Apartheid movement. Resistance to apartheid within South Africa took many forms over the years, from non-violent demonstrations, protests and strikes to political action and eventually to armed resistance. Overtime there has been a plethora of leaders that were willing to abolish segregation, which includes Nelson†¦show more content†¦The Land Acts are one of the many laws established by the white supremacy government to separate the different races in South Africa. Under apartheid, native South Africans (black) would be forced to live in i solated areas from whites and use separate facilities, and contact between both races would be permitted unless of certain circumstance (jobs). Despite the consistent opposition to apartheid within of South Africa and around the world, South African laws remained in action for over 50 years. In 1950, the Afrikaners prohibited marriage between different races. Also, The Population Registration Act of 1950 included the basic blue print for apartheid by classifying/ distinguishing all South Africans by race, including Bantu (black Africans), Coloured (mixed race) and white. In 1958 Dr. Hendrik Verwoerd, who was elected prime minister, would redefined/ reestablish the apartheid policy into a management he referred to as â€Å"separate development.† In 1959 Bantustans were formed for the black South Africans as communities, this was a part of â€Å"The Promotion of Bantu Self-Government Act of 1959. The government began to separating black South Africans from each other to en abled the government to claim there was no black South African majority, and it reduced the chance that blacks would unify into one big oppositionist/ rebellious organization. Every black South African was designated as a