Speech made by Mrs Winnie Mandela to mark the creation of the Black Parents' Association

Keywords: 
TOWNSHIPS, TOPIC 255, REVOLT, STUDENTS, SPEECHES, BLACK PARENTS ASSOCIATION
Creator: 
Winnie Mandela
Date: 
1976-06-00
Resource type: 
Speeches
Language: 
English
Coverage: 
SOUTH AFRICA
Source: 

Wits Historical Papers Reproduced by the United Nations Centre Against Apartheid as "Mrs Winnie Mandela: profile in courage and defiance", February 1978 pp 7-9

Extent: 
3 pages
Digital rights: 

Wits Historical Papers

Immediately following the "childrens revolt" in Soweto in June 1976 and the massacre and repression with which the apartheid regime encountered it, Mrs Winnie Mandela made an impassioned plea at a meeting of Soweto residents calling for Black pride and unity.