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Congress of the People (1955)
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/Congress_of_the_People_(1955)
GPTKB entity
Statements (26)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
political event
gptkbp:attendedBy
gptkb:Nelson_Mandela
gptkb:Albert_Luthuli
gptkb:Helen_Joseph
gptkb:Walter_Sisulu
gptkb:Yusuf_Dadoo
gptkbp:date
25-26 June 1955
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
Congress of the People (1955)
gptkbp:language
gptkb:Afrikaans
English
African languages
gptkbp:legacy
inspired future anti-apartheid activism
gptkbp:location
Kliptown, Johannesburg, South Africa
gptkbp:notableEvent
police surrounded the meeting on the second day
gptkbp:numberOfDelegates
over 3,000
gptkbp:opposedBy
gptkb:apartheid_government
gptkbp:organizedBy
gptkb:African_National_Congress
gptkb:South_African_Congress_of_Trade_Unions
gptkb:South_African_Indian_Congress
gptkb:Coloured_People's_Congress
gptkb:South_African_Congress_of_Democrats
gptkbp:purpose
to adopt the Freedom Charter
gptkbp:resultedIn
gptkb:Freedom_Charter
gptkbp:significance
milestone in South African anti-apartheid movement
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:Kliptown_Open_Air_Museum
gptkbp:bfsLayer
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