June 1976 protests

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:historical_event
protest
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Soweto_Uprising
gptkbp:cause introduction of Afrikaans as medium of instruction in schools
gptkbp:commemoratedBy gptkb:Youth_Day_(South_Africa)
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label June 1976 protests
gptkbp:location gptkb:South_Africa
gptkb:Soweto
gptkbp:majorCity gptkb:Soweto
gptkbp:notableVictim gptkb:Hector_Pieterson
gptkbp:opposedBy gptkb:South_African_Police
gptkbp:participants schoolchildren
students
police
gptkbp:relatedTo South African history
apartheid
gptkbp:result increased anti-apartheid activism
hundreds of deaths
international condemnation of apartheid
gptkbp:startDate 1976-06-16
gptkbp:victim estimated 176 to 700
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:1970_Polish_protests
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6