Reference code
ZA UCT BC1223_H_H2_H2.4
Title
[Por4] Black Sash (11) (Eng)
Date(s)
- undated (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
11 items
Name of creator
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Scope and content
The Black Sash, a non-violent women’s resistance organisation founded in 1955, provided widespread and visible proof of white resistance to the apartheid system. Recordings document personal life histories and involvement with the Black Sash and associated anti-apartheid organisations. Themes include: Black Sash regional branches; church involvement; civil disobedience; community organising; Group Areas Act; life histories; parliamentary lobbying; personal consequences of political stance; police violence; schools’ protest.