Statements (21)
Predicate | Object |
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gptkbp:instanceOf |
gptkb:historical_event
protest |
gptkbp:date |
9 August 1956
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gptkbp:hasChorus |
"You strike a woman, you strike a rock"
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Women's March of 1956
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gptkbp:lawEnforcementTarget |
Apartheid pass laws
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gptkbp:legacy |
gptkb:National_Women's_Day_in_South_Africa
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gptkbp:location |
gptkb:Pretoria,_South_Africa
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gptkbp:notableLeader |
gptkb:Rahima_Moosa
gptkb:Helen_Joseph gptkb:Lilian_Ngoyi gptkb:Sophia_Williams-De_Bruyn |
gptkbp:organizedBy |
gptkb:Federation_of_South_African_Women
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gptkbp:participants |
approximately 20,000
women of all races |
gptkbp:petitionDeliveredTo |
Prime Minister J.G. Strijdom
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gptkbp:purpose |
protest against pass laws
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gptkbp:resultedIn |
increased awareness of women's role in anti-apartheid movement
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gptkbp:significance |
major anti-apartheid demonstration
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gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:1956_Women's_March
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gptkbp:bfsLayer |
7
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