South African Movers & Movements: 
Fighting for Social Justice 

 

Pass Burning
1960

Nelson Mandela
1961

Winnie Mandela 1962

Steve Biko

Free South Africa Movement
1985

Social Justice Organizations

African National Congress |Black Consciousness Movement | Black Sash 

Coalition for a Free South Africa (Columbia University) | Federation of South African Women |

 
Pan-Africanist Congress | South African Communist Party | TransAfrica | United Democratic Front


South African Movers and Shakers

Steve Biko | Dennis Brutus |Yusuf Dadoo |Sheena Duncan | Ruth First |Bram Fischer

Nadine Gordimer |Chris Hani | Helen Joseph |Clements Kadalie |Alex La Guma |Albert Luthuli |

Nelson Mandela |Winnie Mandela |Charlotte Maxeke |Govan Mbeki |Fatima Meer |Lilian Ngoyi 

 |Solomon Plaatjie |Albertina Sisulu |Walter Sisulu |Robert Sobukwe |Joe Solvo |Desmond Tutu

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General Resources 

African National Congress.  http://www.anc.org.za/ Accessed June 17, 2003.

Appiah, Kwame Anthony and Henry Louis Gates, ed.  Africana Encyclopedia. New York: Basic Civitas Books, 1999.

Brockman, Norbert. An African Biographical Dictionary. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO, 1994.

Knight, Virginia Curtin, ed.  African Biography.  3 vols.  New York: UXL, 1999.

Middleton, John, ed.  Africa : An Encyclopedia for Students. 4 vols. New York:  Charles Scribner's Sons.  2002. 

Russell, Diana E. H. Lives of Courage: Women for a New South Africa.  New York: Basic Books, 1989.

South  African History Online http://www.sahistory.org.za/pages/index/menu.htm Accessed October 22, 2008.

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South African Movers and Shakers

Steve Biko

"Steve Biko."  South  African History Online  http://www.sahistory.org.za/pages/people/bios/biko-s.htm Accessed October 22, 2008.

"Biko, Steve."  Africa : An Encyclopedia for Students.  Ed.  John Middleton. New York:  Charles Scribner's Sons.  2002.   1:85-86.

 "Steve Biko."  African Biography.   Ed. Virginia Curtin Knight.  New York: UXL,  1999, 1: 59.

Tuttle, Kate.  "Biko, Stephen."  Africana Encyclopedia,  Ed. Kwame Anthony Appiah and Henry Louis Gates.  New York: Basic Civitas Books, 1999: 233.

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Dennis Brutus

 "Brutus, Dennis."  Africana Encyclopedia. Ed. Appiah, Kwame Anthony and Henry Louis Gates. New York: Basic Civitas Books, 1999: 325. 

 "Brutus, Dennis." DISCovering Authors, Gale Group, 1999.

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Sheena Duncan 

"Sheena Duncan."  South  African History Online  http://www.sahistory.org.za/pages/governence-projects/womens-struggle/biographies.htm#D Accessed October 22, 2008.         

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Yusuf Dadoo

Soobrayan, Venitha. Yusuf Dadoo.  Johannesburg: Maskew Miller Longman, 1993.

"Yusuf Dadoo."  South  African History Online  http://www.sahistory.org.za/pages/people/bios/dadoo,y.htm Accessed October 22, 2008. 

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Ruth First         

 "First, Ruth. "    Africana Encyclopedia Ed. Kwame Anthony Appiah,  and  Henry Louis Gates.  New York: Basic Civitas Books, 1999: 757.      

Pinnock, Don. Ruth First (They Fought for Freedom Series). Cape Town, Maskew Miller Longman, 1995.

"Ruth First."  South  African History Online  http://www.sahistory.org.za/pages/people/bios/first,r.htm Accessed October 22, 2008. 

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Bram Fischer

"Bram Fischer."  South  African History Online  http://www.sahistory.org.za/pages/people/bios/fischer,b.htm Accessed October 22, 2008. 

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Nadine Gordimer     

Aguiar, Marian.  "Nadine Gordimer,"   Africana Encyclopedia, Ed. Kwame Anthony Appiah,  and  Henry Louis Gates, New York: Basic Civitas Books, 1999: 847-848.

"Nadine Gordimer."   African Biography.  Ed.  Virginia Curtin Knight. New York: UXL, 1999, 1:125.

"Gordimer, Nadine."  Africa : An Encyclopedia for Students.  Ed. John Middleton.  New York:  Charles Scribner's Sons.  2002.  vol. 2:101      

"Nadine Gordimer."  Nobel e-Museum.  http://www.nobel.se/literature/laureates/1991/  Accessed June 17, 2003.

"Nadine Gordimer."  South  African History Online  http://www.sahistory.org.za/pages/people/nobel%20prize/nobel-prize-literature.htm Accessed October 22, 2008. 

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Chris Hani 

Berger, Michele.  Chris Hani. Johannesburg: Maskew Miller Longman, 1994.

"Chris Hani."  South  African History Online  http://www.sahistory.org.za/pages/people/bios/hani,c.htm Accessed October 22, 2008. 

Tuttle, Kate.  "Hani, Chris."  Africana Encyclopedia, Ed.  Kwame Anthony Appiah and Henry Louis Gates.  New York: Basic Civitas Books, 1999:918-919.

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Helen Joseph    

Frederikse, Julie. Helen Joseph (They Fought for Freedom Series). Cape Town, Maskew Miller Longman, 1995.

"Helen Joseph."  South  African History Online  http://www.sahistory.org.za/pages/people/bios/joseph,h.htm  Accessed June 17, 2003.

"Helen Joseph."  African National Congresshttp://www.anc.org.za/ancdocs/history/people/hjoseph.html  Access June 17, 2003.

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Clements Kadalie

 " Kadalie, Clements." Africana EncyclopediaEd.  Kwame Anthony Appiah and Henry Louis Gates. New York: Basic Civitas Books, 1999:1074-1075.

"Clements Kadalie."  South  African History Online  http://www.sahistory.org.za/pages/people/bios/kadalie-c.htm Access October 22, 2008. 

"Kadalie, Clements."  Africa : An Encyclopedia for Students.  Ed. John Middleton.   New York:  Charles Scribner's Sons.  2002.  2: 175-176


Alex La Guma

"Alex La Guma." South  African History Online  http://www.sahistory.org.za/pages/people/bios/laGuma,a.htm Accessed October 22, 2008. 

 "La Guma, Alex." Africana Encyclopedia. Ed.  Kwame Anthony Appiah and Henry Louis Gates.  New York: Basic Civitas Books, 1999:1116.

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Albert Luthuli

"Luthuli, Albert ."  Africana Encyclopedia. Ed.  Kwame Anthony Appiah and Henry Louis Gates.  New York: Basic Civitas Books, 1999:1210.

"Albert Luthuli."  African Biography.  Ed. Virginia Curtin Knight.  New York: UXL, 1999. 2: 263.

"Albert Luthuli."  Nobel e-Museumhttp://www.nobel.se/peace/laureates/1960/lutuli-bio.html Accessed June 17, 2003.

Albert Luthuli South African History Online. http://www.sahistory.org.za/pages/people/bios/lutuli,aCHIEF.htm Accessed October 22, 2008. 

 Luthuli, Albert."  Africa : An Encyclopedia for Students. Ed. John Middleton.   New York:  Charles Scribner's Sons.  2002.  2: 34-35.

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Mariam Makeba

 "Mariam Makeba,"  Africana Encyclopedia.  Ed. Kwame Anthony Appiah,  and  Henry Louis Gates. New York: Basic Civitas Books, 1999: 1227.

"Miriam Makeba."   African Biography.  Ed. Virginia Curtin Knight. New York: UXL, 1999, 2:304.

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 Nelson Mandela

 "Nelson Mandela."  African Biography.  Ed. Virginia Knight Curtin.  New York: UXL, 1999.  2: 309.

 "Mandela, Nelson."  Africa : An Encyclopedia for Students.  Ed. John Middleton.  New York:  Charles Scribner's Sons.  2002. 3: 57-58

"Nelson Mandela." Nobel e - Museum. http://www.nobel.se/peace/laureates/1993/mandela-bio.html Accessed June 17, 2003.

"Nelson Mandela."  African National Congress. http://www.anc.org.za/people/mandela/  Accessed June 17, 2003.

Tuttle, Kate.  "Mandela, Nelson." Africana Encyclopedia. Ed. Kwame Anthony Appiah and Henry Louis Gates.  New York: Basic Civitas Books, 1999: 1244-1245.

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Winnie Mandela     

Brockman, Norbert. "Mandela, Winnie (Nomzamo Madikizela)." An African Biographical Dictionary. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO, 1994: 212-214.

"Winnie Mandela."   African Biography.  Ed. Virginia Curtin Knight.   New York: UXL, 1999, 2:277.

"Winnie Mandela." African National Congress.   http://www.anc.org.za/people/mandela_nw.html Accessed June 17, 2003.

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Charlotte Maxeke   

"Charlotte Maxeke."  African National Congress. <http://www.anc.org.za/ancdocs/history/people/maxeke.html> Accessed June 25, 2003.

"Charlotte Maxeke."  Great Epic Books: The Great Books of Africa and other Items of Antiguitarian Interest.  March 1998. <http://www.greatepicbooks.com/epics/march98.html> Accessed June 26, 2003.

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Govan Mbeki 

"Govan Mbeki." South  African History Online  http://www.sahistory.org.za/pages/people/bios/mbeki-g.htm Accessed October 22, 2008. 

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Lilian Ngoyi          

"Lilian Ngoyi."  African National Congress  http://www.anc.org.za/ancdocs/history/people/lngoyi.html  Accessed June 17, 2003.

"Ngoyi, Lilian Masediba: South African Civil-Rights Activist. " The Grolier Library of Women's Biographies. Danbury, Connecticut: Grolier Educational, 1998: 103-104.

"Lilian Ngoyi."  South  African History Online  http://www.sahistory.org.za/pages/people/bios/ngoyi,l.htm Accessed October 22, 2008. 

Stewart, Dianne. Lilian NgoyiJohannesburg: Maskew Miller Longman, 1996.

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Solomon Plaatje      

"Plaatje, Solomon.   Africana Encyclopedia. Ed.  Kwame Anthony Appiah and Henry Louis Gates. New York: Basic Civitas Books, 1999: 1529.

"Plaatje, Solomon."  Africa : An Encyclopedia for Students.  Ed. John Middleton.  New York:  Charles Scribner's Sons.  2002.  3:175-176.

Pampallis, John.  Solomon Plaatje. Johannesburg: Maskew Miller Longman, 1992.

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Albertina Sisulu      

"Albertina Sisulu."  South African History Onlinehttp://www.sahistory.org.za/pages/people/bios/sisulu-a.htm Accessed October 22, 2008. 

Brockman, Norbert. "Sisulu, Nontsikelelo Albertina." An African Biographical Dictionary. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO, 1994: 325-326.

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Walter Sisulu        

Brockman, Norbert. "Sisulu, Walter Max Ulyate." An African Biographical Dictionary. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO, 1994: 326-328.

"Sisulu, Walter."  Africana Encyclopedia. Ed.  Kwame Anthony Appiah and Henry Louis Gates.  New York: Basic Civitas Books, 1999: 1714. 

"Walter Sisulu."  South  African History Online  http://www.sahistory.org.za/pages/people/bios/sisulu,w.htm Accessed October 22, 2008. 

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JJoe Slovo  

Brockman, Norbert. "Slovo Joe (Yossel Mashel)." An African Biographical Dictionary. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO, 1994: 330-331.

"Joe Slovo."  South  African History Online  http://www.sahistory.org.za/pages/people/bios/slovo,j.htm Accessed October 22, 2008. 

Pinnock, Don. Ruth First (They Fought for Freedom Series). Cape Town, Maskew Miller Longman, 1995.

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Robert Sobukwe

Brockman, Norbert. "Sobukwe, Robert Mangaliso." An African Biographical Dictionary. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO, 1994: 334-335.

"Robert Sobukwe."  Robben Island Museumhttp://www.robben-island.org.za/departments/heritage/gallery/sobukwe.asp Accessed June 17, 2003.

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Desmond Tutu

"Desmond Tutu."  Nobel e-Museumhttp://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/1984/tutu-bio.html

"Desmond Tutu."   African Biography.  Ed. Virginia Curtin Knight.  New York: UXL, 1999. 3: 580.

 "Tutu, Desmond."   Africa : An Encyclopedia for Students.  Ed. John Middleton.   New York:  Charles Scribner's Sons.  2002. 4: 126.

Tuttle, Kate.  " Tutu, Desmond."  Africana Encyclopedia, Ed. Kwame Anthony Appiah and Henry Louis Gates.  New York: Basic Civitas Books, 1999: 1904-1905.

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Social Justice Organizations

 

African National Congress

African National Congress Home Page. http://www.anc.org.za Accessed September 9, 2003.

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Black Consciousness Movement

South African History Online Special Projects. http://www.sahistory.org.za/pages/governence-projects/black-consciousness/biko/biko-frameset.htm Accessed October 22, 2008. 

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Black Sash

"Black Sash. " South Africa History Online. Special Projects http://www.sahistory.org.za/pages/governence-projects/womens-struggle/org-blacksash.htm Accessed October 22, 2008. 


Coalition for a Free South Africa (Columbia University, New York)

Brown, Frank Dexter. "The Columbia University Blockage," Apartheid: Calibrations of Color. New York: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. 1991.

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Federation of South African Women

"Federation of South African Women."South Africa History Online. Special Projects
http://www.sahistory.org.za/pages/governence-projects/womens-struggle/orgs-fedsaw.htm Accessed October 22, 2008. 

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Pan-Africanist Congress

"Pan-Africanist Congress." South African History Online Special Projects
http://www.sahistory.org.za/pages/governence-projects/organisations/pac/pac-frameset.htm Accessed October 22, 2008. 

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South African Communist Party

South African Communist Party. http://www.sacp.org.za/ Accessed September 9, 2003.

"South African Communist Party." South African History Online. Special Projects http://www.sahistory.org.za/pages/governence-projects/organisations/sacp/sacp-frameset.htm Accessed October 22, 2008. 

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TransAfrica

"Randall M. Robinson." DISCovering Multicultural America. Online Edition. Gale, 2003. Reproduced in Student Resource Center. Detroit: Gale, 2004. http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/SRC Accessed 4/1/04. (Paid subscription service)

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United Democratic Front

"United Democratic Front." South African History Online. Special Projects http://www.sahistory.org.za/pages/governence-projects/organisations/udf/menu.htm . Accessed October 22, 2008. 

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