APARTHEID

APARTHEID

• Asserted white supremacy & institutionalized racial segregation
• 87% of South Africa's territory designated for white residents
• Nonwhites classified as colored, Indian, or Bantu
• Justified by prevention of the rise of unified liberation movements

APARTHEID

• Asserted white supremacy & institutionalized racial segregation
• 87% of S Africa designated for white residents
• Nonwhites classified as colored, Indian, or Bantu
• Segregation Justified by the prevention of unified liberation movements

END OF APARTHEID

• Pres. FW de Klerk begins to dismantle the apartheid system
• Together ANC and National Party create constitution
• April 1994: Mandela becomes first black president of South Africa