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1. ANC
Documents
Photographs
Allies
Campaigns 1
Campaigns 2
Campaigns 3
Political Trials
Transition

2. World Against Apartheid
World leaders
United Nations
Other Orgs
Countries
Public Orgs
Boycotts
Campaigns

3. Biographies
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Part I - ANC Documents

This section contains documents that were either produced by the ANC, about the role of the ANC and its allies in the struggle for liberation or directly concerned with the ANC.

New documents are constantly being added to this section as they become available.

Documents

• History of the ANC
• The Early Years
• Selected Documents
• Conference Documents
• Constitutions of the ANC, 1919 to the present
• Anniversary Statements on January 8
• Press Statements Archive
• Speeches Archive
• Speeches and Writings of ANC Presidents
• Chief Albert J Lutuli (1952-1967)
• Oliver Tambo (1967-1991)
• Nelson Mandela (1991-1997)
  [1950s] [1960s] [1964-1990] [1990] [1991] [1992] [1993] [1994] [1995] [1996] [1997] [1998] [1999] [2001-2007]
  See also the Mandela Page
• Thabo Mbeki (1997-)
  See also the Thabo Mbeki Page

Organisations Allied or Associated with the ANC

• Federation of South African Women
• South African Coloured People's Congress (SACPC)
• South African Congress of Democrats (SACOD)
• South African Congress of Trade Unions (SACTU)
• South African Indian Congress (SAIC)
• ANC Women's League
• United Democratic Front
• Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU)
• South African Communist Party

Major Campaigns and Struggles - I

• Anti-pass Campaigns 1912-1960
• Protest Against Hertzog Bills, 1936
• African Mine Workers' Strike, 1946
• Campaign of Defiance Against Unjust Laws, 1952
• Congress of the People, 1955
• South Africa: The Peasants' Revolt - by Govan Mbeki
• Campaigns for the Release of Nelson Mandela
• Defiance and Mass Democratic Movement

Major Campaigns and Struggles - II

• Women's Struggles
• Workers' Struggles
• Youth and Student Struggles

Major Campaigns and Struggles - III

• Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) Military Wing of the ANC - 1961-1994
• Underground Documents 1960-1990
• Underground Operations

Political Trials

• Statements from the Dock
• Treason Trial
• Rivonia Trial

The Transition

• The crisis of apartheid and negotiations leading to democratic elections, 1986-1994

Part II World Against Apartheid and International Solidarity
with the Liberation Struggle

This section contains documents produced by or about international bodies and individuals in support of the liberation struggle

World Leaders Against Apartheid

• Dr. W.E.B. DuBois, African-American intellectual and leader of Pan African Movement
• The Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Leader of the Civil Rights Movement in the United States
• Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948). "...in a way I belong to South Africa."
• Archbishop Trevor Huddleston (1913-1998). Isitwalandwe. President of the Anti-Apartheid Movement, London
• Sean MacBride, S.C., Foreign Minister of Ireland (1948), United Nations Commissioner for Namibia and leader of organisations for human rights and peace
• Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru (1889-1964). Prime Minister of India, 1947-1964
• Julius Nyerere (1922-1999). President of Tanzania 1960-1985
• Olof Palme (1927-1986). Prime Minister of Sweden, 1969-76, 1982-86. A leader of the Socialist International
• Bishop Ambrose Reeves (1899-1981), Former Bishop of Johannesburg
• Paul Robeson (1898-1976). African-American athlete, actor and singer; fighter against racism and colonialism
• Jean-Paul Sartre (1905-1980). French philosopher, writer. "Those who are Confronting Apartheid should know that they are not alone"
• Nordic countries, Nordic Documentation on the Liberation Struggle in Southern Africa

United Nations and Agencies

• United Nations
• United Nations Agencies

Other Intergovernmental Organisations

• Non-Aligned Movement
• Organisation of African Unity
• Commonwealth

Countries and Regions

• India
• Nordic Countries
• Western countries

Public Organisations

• Anti-Apartheid and Solidarity Movements
• British Anti-Apartheid Movement
• International Defence and Aid Fund for Southern Africa (IDAF)
• Afro-Asian Peoples' Solidarity Organisation (AAPSO)
• Other
• Socialist International
• Trade Unions

Boycotts

• Academic Boycott
• Consumer Boycott
• Economic Boycott
• Cultural Boycott
• Sports Boycott
• International Conferences and Seminars

Campaigns

• Campaign for the Release of Political Prisoners
• Campaign against Bank Loans

Arms and Oil Embargoes

• Arms Embargo
• Oil Embargo

Part III Biographies of Leaders, Militants and Martyrs

• Former ANC Leaders and Activists
• Famous Historical Figures
• Presidents and Secretaries General of the ANC - 1912 Until Present
• Isitwalandwe/Seaparankoe - the Highest Award of Honour

Other Resources

This section contains links to photographic and other historical resources.

Photographs

• Photographs of Former ANC Leaders

Other sources of historical documents

• Africa Policy Documents (APIC)
• Archives of the ANC at the University of Fort Hare
• Books
• History of southern Africa, Hartford World History Archives
• Mazimbu.Com. (Temporary unavailable) Solomon Mahlangu Freedom College, Mazimbu, Tanzania, ANC school in exile, 1979 - 1992
• The Mayibuye Centre
• Museums Online: South Africa
• National Archives of South Africa
• E.S. Reddy Collection
• RichardKnight.com. A source of information on Africa and the struggle against apartheid
• South African History Archive Trust (SAHA)
• South African History Online
• University of Witwatersrand Department of Historical Papers