In 1952, the government passed a law called the Natives Act. It required all blacks to have a reference book when they turned sixteen. A reference book was a form of identification that would prove who they were and where they lived. It contained ninety-six pages with all sorts of information. The government was an increase of restriction due to apartheid for they just restricted the old law they had called Pass Laws. The Natives Laws humiliated the blacks. As it was exclusively applied to them, and not people of other ethnic backgrounds. The blacks had to carry the reference book around at all times and they nicknamed it “the stinker”. On the other hand whites were given an identity card which they did not have to carry it

In 1960 on March 31 the ANC decided that they would protest against the Pass Laws. However the Pan-Africanist Congress (PAC) decided that they would be the one to do it first. The PAC plan was to for all blacks to take theirs passes to the police station so that the police would not be able to arrest them as there would be too many. It was intended to be a peaceful strike. However, it turned into more then that. It started on March 21, and they went into the quiet town of Sharpville. There are two stories, one from the police and the other from the people. People say that they were happy and peaceful. The police say that they had weapons, stones, and were aggressive. It is believed that the police started to shoot into the crowd for ten to thirty seconds; however the exact sequence of events is debated. The total of Africans dead was 67 with 186 injured. Because of the increase of aggression and restrictions the government made the blacks had to react in a certain way, by having a strike. It ended with people dead and injured.

on their person. The penalty for a black person not carrying their book was being arrested. This was only the beginning of the increase of restrictions that the government would come up with. The Blacks on the other hand also grew more violent

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