pic6501. Vigil to remember the victims of Sharpeville

pic6501. Vigil to remember the victims of Sharpeville

Anti-apartheid supporters outside the South African Embassy in London holding wreaths in memory of the 69 people shot at Sharpeville, on the fifth anniversary of the massacre in 1965. An ‘in memoriam’ book was signed by 3,500 people in St Martin’s in the Fields and a public meeting was held there to commemorate the anniversary. Students at University College London held a South Africa week and Cambridge City Council voted to ban South African produce from its civic restaurant.

Category: 1960s
Copyright: Unknown
Holding Institution: AAM Archive, Bodleian Library
Date/Year: 1965