Photos Anc Leads Anti Racism March Through Pretoria

Photos Anc Leads Anti Racism March Through Pretoria Photos: anc leads anti racism march through pretoria. updated feb. 19, 2016, 3:42 p.m. anc top officials led the march through the streets of pretoria to the union buildings. On 9 august 1956, thousands of south africa women – ranging from all backgrounds and cultures including indians, coloureds, whites, and blacks – staged a march on the union buildings of pretoria to protest against the abusive pass laws. estimates of over 20,000 women – some carrying young children on their backs, some wearing traditional.

Anc Leads March Denouncing Racism The crowd at the union buildings on august 9 1956. about 20 000 women marched to pretoria to protest against passes for black women. 31. lilian ngoyi. (photo: robben island mayibuye archives. The crowd at the union buildings on august 9 1956. about 20 000 women marched to pretoria to protest against passes for black women. 41. mary moodley. together with women such as viola hashe and. The crowd at the union buildings on august 9 1956. about 20 000 women marched to pretoria to protest against passes for black women. to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the anti pass march to the. The victory of the earlier anti pass movement in 1918 had enabled a gradual move of black women to the urban areas. here, they occupied unskilled work and domestic work in white households. in addition, the hardships in the “native reserves” had added to the influx of black women to urban areas as they strove to join their husbands.