... a run-in with a childhood friend. The narrator is unaware of the separation of race because of the frequency she sees blacks and whites commingling in their walks from the bus station. On the other hand, her old roommate is fully aware of racial and social status, and we can see this in her rudeness and shunning demeanor directed at the narrator ... ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... , resulting in what was called the Sharpeville massacre. In 1960, a group of black Africans mobilized to stage a protest against the Population Registration Act (1950.) The group convened outside of a police station in Sharpeville, an African area south of Johannesburg. Although the protestors were unarmed, police opened fire killing 69 people and wounding 180. The Sharpeville massacre enraged South Africans, encouraging them ... ...

• Word Count: 2509
• Approx Pages: 10
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate