Apartheid formalized in South Africa
May 26, 1948
The National Party won the South African election on a platform of racial separation and within months began passing laws assigning every citizen to a racial group and separating homes, schools, buses, and beaches. Black South Africans would need passes to enter white cities. A legal system of racial segregation had been built.
In context
Also in 1948 (6 other events on record)
- State of Israel declared · Middle East · Politics
- Gandhi assassinated · South Asia · Politics
- Marshall Plan signed · Europe · Politics
- Berlin Airlift begins · Europe · Politics
- Universal Declaration of Human Rights · Europe · Politics
- Truman beats Dewey · North America · Politics
Before and after in Africa
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Era
Modern Era (1901–2000), one of 590 events from that era on Saeculum.
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