ANC's 1955 Congress

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf event
gptkbp:celebratedIn annual events by ANC
gptkbp:documentedIn historical records
gptkbp:documentType Freedom Charter
gptkbp:goal to unify various anti-apartheid groups
gptkbp:historicalContext struggle against apartheid
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label ANC's 1955 Congress
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Truth_and_Reconciliation_Commission
gptkb:South_African_Constitution
public discourse on race relations
political activism globally
social movements globally
decolonization movements globally
post-apartheid policies
anti-racism movements globally
human rights movements globally
CODESA_negotiations
South_African_history_curriculum
artistic_movements_in_South_Africa
cultural_expressions_in_South_Africa
film_in_South_Africa
literature_in_South_Africa
music_in_South_Africa
theater_in_South_Africa
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:South_African_Indian_Congress
gptkb:Pan_Africanist_Congress
gptkb:South_African_Congress_of_Trade_Unions
gptkbp:inspiration future generations of activists
global anti-colonial movements
gptkbp:ledTo increased activism among women
increased labor organizing
formation_of_the_ANC_Youth_League
formation_of_the_Black_Consciousness_Movement
formation_of_the_United_Democratic_Front
gptkbp:legacy foundation for future resistance against apartheid
gptkbp:location Kliptown,_South_Africa
gptkbp:notableArtists gptkb:Oliver_Tambo
gptkb:Walter_Sisulu
gptkb:Nelson_Mandela
gptkbp:organizes gptkb:African_National_Congress
gptkbp:outcome establishment of a common platform against apartheid
gptkbp:promoted social justice
economic equality
non-racialism
democratic_rights
gptkbp:recognizedBy gptkb:African_Union
gptkb:United_Nations
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Soweto_Uprising
Sharpeville Massacre
Defiance Campaign
Formation of the Congress Alliance
ANC's_formation_in_1912
gptkbp:resultedIn increased international support for anti-apartheid movement
gptkbp:significance adoption_of_the_Freedom_Charter
gptkbp:takesPlaceIn 1955
gptkbp:visitedBy over 3,000 delegates