June 17, 2010

45 years ago: Hector Peterson one of the first persons killed in South Africa's liberation struggle

 Photo Credits:CNN.com

"Thirty-four years ago Wednesday, on June 16, 1976, thousands of black school children in Soweto, South Africa, took to the streets to protest the apartheid education system.

It was supposed to be a peaceful protest, but the students were met with police gunfire and at least 23 of them were killed. 

One of the first youths to be killed was 12-year-old Hector Pieterson.
His death was captured in a photograph that came to define South Africa's liberation struggle. [...] "    read more...


 

1 comments:

AceOfHeart said...

that was very brutal....

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