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The Congress of the People was a gathering organised by the National Action Council, a multi-racial organisation which later became known as the Congress Alliance, and held in Kliptown on 26 June 1955 to lay out the vision of the South African people.[1]

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  1. 30 relations: Albert Luthuli, Apartheid, Bantu peoples of South Africa, Cape Province, Coloureds, Congress Alliance, Demographics of South Africa, Freedom Charter, Indian South Africans, Internal resistance to apartheid, Isitwalandwe/Seaparankoe, Johannesburg, JSTOR, Kliptown, List of people subject to banning orders under apartheid, Natal (province), Orange Free State (province), OThongathi, South African Congress of Democrats, South African Congress of Trade Unions, South African Indian Congress, South African Police, Soweto, Township (South Africa), Transvaal (province), Trevor Huddleston, White South Africans, Yusuf Dadoo, Z. K. Matthews, 1956 Treason Trial.

  2. 1955 conferences
  3. History of the African National Congress
  4. June 1955 events in Africa
  5. Opposition to apartheid in South Africa
  6. Soweto

Albert Luthuli

Albert John Luthuli (– 21 July 1967) was a South African anti-apartheid activist, traditional leader, and politician who served as the President-General of the African National Congress from 1952 until his death in 1967.

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Apartheid

Apartheid (especially South African English) was a system of institutionalised racial segregation that existed in South Africa and South West Africa (now Namibia) from 1948 to the early 1990s.

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Bantu peoples of South Africa

South African Bantu-speaking peoples represent the majority ethno-racial group of South Africans.

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Cape Province

The Province of the Cape of Good Hope (Provinsie Kaap die Goeie Hoop), commonly referred to as the Cape Province (Kaapprovinsie) and colloquially as The Cape (Die Kaap), was a province in the Union of South Africa and subsequently the Republic of South Africa.

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Coloureds

Coloureds (Kleurlinge) refers to members of multiracial ethnic communities in South Africa who have ancestry from African, European, and Asian people.

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Congress Alliance

The Congress Alliance was an anti-apartheid political coalition formed in South Africa in the 1950s. Congress of the People (1955) and Congress Alliance are History of the African National Congress.

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Demographics of South Africa

According to the 2022 census, the population of South Africa is about 62 million people of diverse origins, cultures, languages, and religions.

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Freedom Charter

The Freedom Charter was the statement of core principles of the South African Congress Alliance, which consisted of the African National Congress (ANC) and its allies: the South African Indian Congress, the South African Congress of Democrats and the Coloured People's Congress. Congress of the People (1955) and Freedom Charter are History of the African National Congress and Opposition to apartheid in South Africa.

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Indian South Africans

Indian South Africans are South Africans who descend from indentured labourers and free migrants who arrived from British India during the late 1800s and early 1900s.

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Internal resistance to apartheid

Internal resistance to apartheid in South Africa originated from several independent sectors of South African society and took forms ranging from social movements and passive resistance to guerrilla warfare. Congress of the People (1955) and Internal resistance to apartheid are Opposition to apartheid in South Africa.

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Isitwalandwe/Seaparankoe

Isithwalandwe/Seaparankoe, until 1994 known as the Isithwalandwe Medal, also known as the Isithwalandwe Award and also spelt Isithwalandwe and Isithwalandwe/Seaparankwe, is the highest award given by the African National Congress (ANC) "to those who have made an outstanding contribution and sacrifice to the liberation struggle", that is, those who resisted the apartheid regime in South Africa (1949−1991) in various ways.

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Johannesburg

Johannesburg (Zulu and Xhosa: eGoli) (colloquially known as Jozi, Joburg, Jo'burg or "The City of Gold") is the most populous city in South Africa with 4,803,262 people, and is classified as a megacity; it is one of the 100 largest urban areas in the world.

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JSTOR

JSTOR (short for Journal Storage) is a digital library of academic journals, books, and primary sources founded in 1994.

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Kliptown

Kliptown is a suburb of the formerly black township of Soweto in Gauteng, South Africa, located about 17 km south-west of Johannesburg.

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List of people subject to banning orders under apartheid

This is a selection of people subject to a "banning order" by the apartheid-era South African government.

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Natal (province)

The Province of Natal, commonly called Natal, was a province of South Africa from May 1910 until May 1994.

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Orange Free State (province)

The Province of the Orange Free State (Provinsie Oranje-Vrystaat), commonly referred to as the Orange Free State (Oranje-Vrystaat), Free State (Vrystaat) or by its abbreviation OFS, was one of the four provinces of South Africa from 1910 to 1994.

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OThongathi

oThongathi, previously and still commonly known as Tongaat, is a town in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, about north of Durban and south of KwaDukuza.

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South African Congress of Democrats

The South African Congress of Democrats (SACOD) was a radical left-wing white, anti-apartheid organization founded in South Africa in 1952 or 1953 as part of the multi-racial Congress Alliance, after the African National Congress (ANC) invited whites to become part of the Congress Movement.

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South African Congress of Trade Unions

The South African Congress of Trade Unions (SACTU) was a national trade union federation in South Africa.

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South African Indian Congress

The South African Indian Congress (SAIC) was an umbrella body founded in 1921 to coordinate between political organisations representing Indians in the various provinces of South Africa.

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South African Police

The South African Police (SAP) was the national police force and law enforcement agency in South Africa from 1913 to 1994; it was the de facto police force in the territory of South West Africa (Namibia) from 1939 to 1981.

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Soweto

Soweto is a township of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality in Gauteng, South Africa, bordering the city's mining belt in the south.

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Township (South Africa)

In South Africa, the terms township and location usually refers to an under-developed, racially segregated urban area, from the late 19th century until the end of apartheid, were reserved for non-whites, namely Black Africans, Coloureds and Indians.

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Transvaal (province)

The Province of the Transvaal (Provinsie van Transvaal), commonly referred to as the Transvaal, was a province of South Africa from 1910 until 1994, when a new constitution subdivided it following the end of apartheid.

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Trevor Huddleston

Ernest Urban Trevor Huddleston (15 June 191320 April 1998) was an English Anglican bishop.

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White South Africans

White South Africans are South Africans of European descent.

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Yusuf Dadoo

Yusuf Mohamed Dadoo OMSG (5 September 1909 – 19 September 1983) was a South African Communist and an anti-apartheid activist.

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Z. K. Matthews

Zachariah Keodirelang Matthews OLG (20 October 1901 – 11 May 1968) was a prominent black academic in South Africa, lecturing at South African Native College (renamed University of Fort Hare in 1955), where many future leaders of the African continent were among his students.

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1956 Treason Trial

The Treason Trial was a trial in Johannesburg in which 156 people, including Nelson Mandela, were arrested in a raid and accused of treason in South Africa in 1956. Congress of the People (1955) and 1956 Treason Trial are Events associated with apartheid and Opposition to apartheid in South Africa.

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See also

1955 conferences

History of the African National Congress

June 1955 events in Africa

Opposition to apartheid in South Africa

Soweto

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congress_of_the_People_(1955)

Also known as The Congress of the People (South Africa).