As a youth, not only was the fear of Nuclear War a reality and something that we protested, but the modern day enslavement of Black Africans in South Afrika was something that was real for us as well. All sorts of bands made it their mission to shed light on what kind if inhuman humiliation that these people had to endure on a daily basis. The thought of me and my mom marching down the streets of Oakland with hundreds of protesters of all colors for a free South Afrika is something that I will never forget. This photo shows the visual signs of discrimination that was everywhere in that country from 1950 until 1990…A luta Continua…I hope these kinds of atrocities will take place again anywhere, at any time!
All Photos via Mashable
A sign common in Johannesburg.1956
A woman sat in the wagon reserved for White people to protest against Apartheid.1952
The “pencil test” decreed that if an individual could hold a pencil in their hair when they shook their head, they could not be classified as White.
White children paddling in a pond marked by a sign reading “For European Children Only.”1956
Signs in English and Afrikaans, in Wellington railway station, South Africa, enforcing the policy of apartheid or racial segregation.
Signs in both English and Afrikaans in Johannesburg.1957
A bench in Albert Park, Durban 1960
A park for Non-European women.1960
A Taxi rank for white people.1967
A sign outside a park restricts its use to ‘European mothers with babies in arms’.1971
An apartheid notice on a beach near Cape Town.1974
An apartheid notice on a beach near Cape Town.1976
A rail wagon with the words ‘Non-Whites’.1978
A railway carriage reserved for white people only.1982
I don’t care what they remember about me. I led South Africa on the right path.P.W. BOTHA, 2006
Toilets restricted to use by “Black, Coloreds & Asians” at a bus station.1986
Whites only sign in foreground at restricted beach, with bathers in background.1986
A sign reading ‘Bathing area for Whites Only’ on a beach at Victoria Bay, Western Cape.1986
