The Massacre That Changed the WorldAnd Got Forgotten - March 21, 1960

from The Daily History Chronicle · host Richard G Backus

On March 21, 1960, South African police fired 1,344 rounds into a peaceful crowd protesting apartheid's pass laws, killing at least 69 people, or so the world believed for 64 years. New research reveals the police lied: at least 91 died, 281 were wounded. The massacre sparked global outrage and UN action, yet the community that sacrificed feels forgotten even after apartheid's fall.

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