Sharpeville

by Tom Lodge

Book Overview

On March 21, 1960, a line of 150 white policemen fired 1344 rounds into a crowd of several thousand people assembled outside a police station, protesting against the Apartheid regime's racist "pass" laws. The gunfire left in its wake sixty-seven dead and one hundred and eighty six wounded. Most of the people who were killed were shot in the back, hit while running away.

The Sharpeville Massacre, as the event has become known, marked the start...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0192801856
• ISBN13: 9780192801852
• Release Date: June 2011
• Publisher: Academic
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.7" x 5.9" x 9.3"