Have You Heard From Johannesburg?
Story One
The Road To Resistance
[1948 - 1964]
The first story covers almost twenty years of history as one nation embarks on a collision course with the rest of the world. In 1948 the United Nations adopts the Universal Declaration of Human Rights but South Africa marches in the opposite direction implementing a system of laws called apartheid, segregating its people by race in every aspect of life. The black majority led by the ANC mounts a non-violent campaign of defiance, attracting the attention of Gandhians in Britain, Sweden, and the United States -- and the seeds of an international movement are sown. The world reacts with horror as protesters are gunned down in the town of Sharpeville. And in the fateful year of 1964, Nelson Mandela is jailed for life, and the entire ANC leadership is forced underground or imprisoned. The movement is effectively shut down in South Africa as hundreds escape into exile.