sharpeville massacre
South Africa’s Sharpeville Massacre Took Place On This Day In 1960
The Sharpeville Massacre of South Africa (pictured) stands as one of the police’s most-heinous displays of violence against demonstrators during the period of Apartheid. The event happened on this day in 1960, which is now celebrated as a day of remembrance across the nation and calls global attention to the divisive segregation in the land….
