Soweto Riots

Keystone1976-06-21

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21st June 1976: Over 100 people were killed and more than 1000 injured in South Africa following anti-apartheid protests in Soweto, near Johannesburg. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)

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Title: Soweto Riots
Creator: Keystone
Date Created: 1976-06-21
Provenance: Hulton Archive
Subject Keywords: People, Destruction, Mode of Transport, Conflict, Social Issues, Horizontal, Black And White, Africa, Unusual Angle, Protest, South Africa, Crowd, Following, Bus, Smoke, Johannesburg, Politics, Physical Injury, Soweto, Racism, Civil Rights, Riot, 1970-1979, Anti-Apartheid, Disorder
Collection ID: 60
Collection: Hulton Archive
Artist Title: Staff

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