ANC Youth League founded
1944 · Event
Mandela, Walter Sisulu and Oliver Tambo found a youth wing that pushes the cautious African National Congress towards mass action.
On these timelines: The Fall of Apartheid, Sub-Saharan Africa, Master
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- Apartheid (1948)
- Soweto uprising (1976)
- Sharpeville massacre (1960)
- Mandela imprisoned (Rivonia Trial) (1964)
- The National Party wins on apartheid (1948)
- Mandela inaugurated as President (1994)
- The Freedom Charter (1955)
- De Klerk takes power (1989)
Around 1944
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- Indian independence and Partition (1947)
- US Civil Rights Movement (1954)
- Korean War (1950)
- Battle of Stalingrad (1942)
- Battle of Britain (1940)
- Chinese Civil War (resumed) (1945)
- Manhattan Project (1942)
- World War II (1939)
- Decolonisation of Africa (1952)