70s01. Sharpeville Massacre Tenth Anniversary

70s01. Sharpeville Massacre Tenth Anniversary

70s01. Sharpeville Massacre Tenth Anniversary
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Description

The AAM staged a re-enactment of the Sharpeville shootings in Trafalgar Square on 21 March 1970 to mark the tenth anniversary of the massacre. Bishop Ambrose Reeves, Bishop of Johannesburg at the time of the shootings, spoke about life under apartheid ten years on. The following evening, the AAM presented a programme of specially commissioned short plays by leading British playwrights before an audience of 1,500 at the Lyceum Theatre. Both events received wide media coverage.

Category
Author
Anti-Apartheid Movement
Copyright
AAM Archives Committee
Holding Institution
AAM Archive, Bodleian Library
Catalogue
MSS AAM 2031
Date/Year
1970
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