Born a Crime

Key Figures

Key Legislation

Key Ideas and Concepts

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Key Figures

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Nelson Mandela

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Apartheid

Colonialism

Racial Classification

Key Ideas and Concepts

The Prohibition of Mixed Marriages Act of 1949

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The Population Registration Act of 1950

Immorality Act of 1927

The Pencil Test

South Africa Truth and Reconciliation Commission

Key Legislation

Africa

A continent, not a country. *Special interest in Gauteng province of South Africa (Johannesburg and Alexandra Township)

*Click on the map for more information.

Geography

Resources:

https://www.apartheidmuseum.org/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1s5iz6ml-qA

On May 10, 1994, Nelson Mandela was inaugurated as South Africa’s first democratically elected President.*Click the link in the image for more information.

Nelson Mandela

Resources:

https://www.thoughtco.com/racial-classification-under-apartheid-43430

https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2020/02/25/the-changing-categories-the-u-s-has-used-to-measure-race/

https://sites.tufts.edu/models/files/2019/03/Bowker-Star-apartheid.pdf

http://transformationjournal.org.za/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/tran047005.pdf

Trevor Noah recently made his debut as the new host of the Emmy® and Peabody® Award–winning The Daily Show on Comedy Central. Noah joined The Daily Show with Jon Stewart in 2014 as a contributor. He continues to tour all over the world and has performed in front of soldout crowds at the Hammersmith Apollo in London and the Sydney Opera House in Australia as well as many U.S. cities. He is originally from South Africa.

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