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- Black Sash - South African History Online
It came to be called the Black Sash because the women wore black sashes over one shoulder as they stood to demonstrate against discriminatory legislation It was initially formed to protest against the Separate Representation of Voters Bill, a ploy by the government to remove Coloureds from the common voters' roll
- Black Sash - Wikipedia
The Black Sash is a South African human rights organisation It was founded in Johannesburg in 1955 as a non-violent resistance organisation for liberal white women
- Our History - Black Sash
The Beginning 1955-1956 Born in 1955 out of outrage over an artificial enlargement of the Senate that enabled entrenched clauses of the 1910 Constitution to be amended, the Black Sash has fought tirelessly against injustice and inequality in South Africa for nearly six decades
- The Black Sash: A Protest That Refuses to Die
They belong to the Black Sash, a human and civil rights movement and one of the few organizations left in this country that protests Government legislation and its treatment of the non white
- Black Sash, Records - WITS
The Black Sash was a women's protest organisation and political pressure group, which originated in 1955 It was initially called the Women's Defense of the Constitution League, in response to the Senate Bill, a piece of Apartheid legislation, which was introduced into Parliament
- Guide to the Black Sash Archival Collections in South Africa
In the early 1990s, the Black Sash worked on the new South African Constitution, conducted voter education, and continued with monitoring of legislation and Parliament:
- Black Sash - Students | Britannica Kids | Homework Help
It began during the apartheid era as a movement of white women who opposed discrimination against black and mixed-race South Africans During their protests, members wore black sashes over one shoulder in symbolic mourning for the death of constitutional rights
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