De Klerk Promises to Topple Apartheid Legislation
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events from History II: Human Rights Series
- Categories: Government and Politics, Social Issues, Reform, and Protest, Law, Legal History, Courts
- Subcategories: Race, Ethnicity, Racism, Civil Rights, Minority Rights, Minorities, Segregation, Desegregation, Apartheid, Laws, Acts, Legislation, Human Rights
- Curriculum: African History
- Geographical Location: South Africa
- Date: 1991
Article abstract: At the opening session of Parliament, President de Klerk announced plans to repeal the foundation laws of racial separation and domination.
Summary of Event
At the 1991 opening session of the racially segregated parliament of South Africa, President Frederik Willem de Klerk delivered a dramatic speech in which he promised to support legislation that would scrap the remaining laws on which the system of apartheid was based. The most important of these laws was the Population Registration Act of 1950, which segregated South Africans into...
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