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The South African Congress Alliance adopts the Freedom Charter at the Congress of the People in Kliptown.
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Freedom Charter
Manifesto of the South African Congress Alliance
The Freedom Charter was the statement of core principles of the South African Congress Alliance, which consisted of the African National Congress (ANC) and its allies: the South African Indian Congress, the South African Congress of Democrats and the Coloured People's Congress.…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Congress of the People (1955)
Meeting of anti-apartheid activists and organisations in South Africa
The Congress of the People was a gathering organised by the National Action Council, a multi-racial organisation which later became known as the Congress Alliance, and held in Kliptown on 26 June 1955 to lay out the vision of the South African people. The Freedom Charter was…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Kliptown
Place in Gauteng, South Africa
Kliptown is a suburb of the formerly black township of Soweto in Gauteng, South Africa, located about 17 km south-west of Johannesburg. Kliptown is the oldest residential district of Soweto, and was first laid out in 1891 on land which formed part of Klipspruit farm. The farm…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)