Apartheid

On June 16th 1976 a group of black high school students started a protest in order to make the Apartheid Government aware about their anger regarding the unfair education system in South Africa at the time. Blacks did not receive equal edication and rarely had any access to educational institutions. The few schools that did existed in Sowetu were poorly equipped, under staffed and blacks had no desire to obtain an education, due to the lack of opportunities that they would receive afterwards. There are many factors that lead up to the tragic events of June 16th 1976. One of these factors was ((The Bantu Education Act of 1953)) which established a Black Education Department.