Sharpeville Massacre, 1960
- In 1960 blacks formed outside a police station in Sharpeville to protest the pass laws
- They burnt their reference books
- The police opened fire on the crowd
- 67 demonstrators were killed
- The ANC was outlawed
- This ended the non-violence movements
- An underground organization sprung up that engaged in terrorist attacks against symbolic targets
- SA gov’t passed a law where police could arrest without warrant
- 1964, Nelson Mandela, leader of the ANC is arrested for life in prison