Dan Montsitsi, a student leader of the uprising, said the maiden Soweto march had been planned for months. "We were amazed with the number of students that we had been able to put in the streets ...

Peter Magubane’s poignant exhibition of pictures at the Apartheid Museum ... His photographs of the Soweto uprising are displayed all over the world (Mexico, Spain, and New York) and he is ...

It was on this day 44 years ago that South African children from the township of Soweto rose up against the ... Hector Pieterson And The Picture Seen Around The World In an interview I recently ...

The student protesters were met with deadly force by police and photos of the clashes became ... the anniversary of what is known as the Soweto Uprising—which has now been designated a national ...

For a child growing up in Soweto, South Africa ... In South Africa the picture helped launch a civil uprising and emboldened the black liberation movement. “We never thought that would be ...

We want your help telling this story. In association with the Daily Maverick, the Guardian is looking for first-hand accounts of the Soweto Uprising and its aftermath. By BASIA CUMMINGS for ...

A South African photographer is being honored for helping expose apartheid's brutality to the world with a picture that ended ... during the June 16, 1976, Soweto uprising. Nzima is receiving ...

This week marks the 25th anniversary of the Soweto uprising, a pivotal event in South African history. I recently returned from a trip to South Africa, and I found the spirit of Soweto still strong.

He was also invited to speak to students at a German school named for the slain Pieterson, who became a symbol of the Soweto Uprising. "It has been 35 years now, but when I look at the picture ...

“We grabbed a police dog and stoned it to death,” Kutumela, 18 at the time, said on the eve of the anniversary of the 1976 Soweto uprising, which sparked a wave of riots. Thirty years ...

a Soweto schoolyard where the government opened fire on thousands of children, marching in protest. The Soweto Uprising was 25 tomorrow.