Congress of the People and the Freedom Charter
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- Congress of the People and the Freedom Charter
- By ANC
- Clear statement on future of South Africa
- Invited whole of South Africa to record their demands so they could be incorporated into a common document
- Freedom Charter timeline
- 1948-1961
- People
- Motsamai Keyecwe Mpho
- Douglas Chadwick Thompson
- Outcomes
- Document would be accepted at Congress of People
- Following 1955, all members of Congress Alliance adopted Freedom Charter in their national conferences as their official programme
- Thus Freedom Charter became common programme enshrining hopes and aspirations of all progressive people of SA
- Events
- Thousands of people participated in campaign and sent in their demands for kind of South Africa they wished to live in
- June 25 and 26, 1955
- Congress gathered at Kliptown, outside Johannesburg
- Large, colourful, exciting event
- Three thousand delegated gathered
- Workers
- Peasants
- Intellectuals
- Women
- Youth and students
- of all races and colours
- Congress constituted most representative gathering in history of South Africa
- Congress adopted Freedom Charter, a vision for a united, non-racial and democratic SA
- Congress gathered at Kliptown, outside Johannesburg
- June 26, 1950
- Declared Freedom Day
- 1950
- Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA) had called for a May Day strike to protest against Unlawful Organisation Bill
- Strike resulted in police violence and death of 18 people
- Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA) had called for a May Day strike to protest against Unlawful Organisation Bill
- 20 June 1950
- CPSA was forced to dissolve and ANC took over planning for a 'Day of Mourning' for those who died in May Day Strike
- Also called for day to be celebrated as Freedom Day in future
- CPSA was forced to dissolve and ANC took over planning for a 'Day of Mourning' for those who died in May Day Strike
- Notable achievements
- Campaign united most of liberation forces in SA
- Nothing in history of liberation movement in SA caught popular imagination as Congress of People Campaign
- Sustained political activity after curbing Defiance Campaign
- Developed and strengthened political organisation by broadening geographical and social bases of liberation movement
- Raised political consciousness of the masses by offering a vision of an alternative social order
- By ANC
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