South Africa - 2 Flashcards
(40 cards)
Title of the film about Steve Biko
Cry Freedom
M/D/Y Steve Biko dies
9/12/77
Year Cry Freedom came out
1987
Person who played the role of Steve Biko in Cry Freedom
Denzel Washington
Number of white police officers blamed for Steve Biko’s death
5
Year Steve Biko found the Black Consciousness Movement
1969
Moral compass
Conscience
Awareness
Conscious
Anti-apartheid group founded by Steve Biko
Black Consciousness Movement
White Minister of Justice who may have ordered Biko arrested or killed
Jimmy Kruger
Title of Jimmy Kruger
Minister of Justice
President of the ANC in 1977
Oliver Tambo
Person who was schedule to meet Steve Biko in 1977
Oliver Tambo
Year Oliver Tambo was president of ANC
1977
Year Oliver Tambo was supposed to meet with Steve Biko
1977
Age Steve Biko died
30
Term for a person who dies for their beliefs or a cause
Martyr
Examples of martyrs
Lincoln, Martin Luther King Jr., Tibetan Buddhists
Term for legal forgiveness of a crime
Amnesty
TRC
Truth and Reconciliation and Commission
Year TRC began its public hearings and the year they ended
1995-1998
Chair person of the TRC
Desmond Tutu
Term for the group that heard the cases of white criminals, investigated, and had the power to grant amnesty
Truth and Reconciliation Commission
Year the TRC began the investigation of apartheid crimes an the year they ended
1960-1994