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Helen Joseph

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Helen Beatrice Joseph (née Fennell) (8 April 1905 – 25 December 1992) was a South African anti-apartheid activist. [1]

42 relations: Activism, Anglican Church of Southern Africa, Apartheid, Avalon Cemetery, Bracket, Bram Fischer, Coloureds, Easebourne, England, Federation of South African Women, Frans Lourens Herman Rumpff, Freedom Charter, Glenwood, KwaZulu-Natal, Grahamstown, Helen Joseph House, High treason, India, Johannesburg, John Day Company, King's College London, Kliptown, Lillian Ngoyi, List of people subject to banning orders under apartheid, Midhurst, National Women's Day, Nelson Mandela, Norwood, Gauteng, Order of Simon of Cyrene, Pass laws, Pretoria, Rhodes University, Solly Sachs, South Africa, South African Congress of Democrats, Union Buildings, University of London, West Sussex, Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, Women's Auxiliary Air Force, Women's March (South Africa), World War II, 1956 Treason Trial.

Activism

Activism consists of efforts to promote, impede, or direct social, political, economic, or environmental reform or stasis with the desire to make improvements in society.

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Anglican Church of Southern Africa

The Anglican Church of Southern Africa, known until 2006 as the Church of the Province of Southern Africa, is the province of the Anglican Communion in the southern part of Africa.

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Apartheid

Apartheid started in 1948 in theUnion of South Africa |year_start.

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Avalon Cemetery

Avalon Cemetery is one of the largest graveyards in South Africa.

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Bracket

A bracket is a tall punctuation mark typically used in matched pairs within text, to set apart or interject other text.

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Bram Fischer

Abram Fischer, commonly known as Bram Fischer, (23 April 1908 Bloemfontein – 8 May 1975 Bloemfontein) was a South African lawyer of Afrikaner descent, notable for anti-apartheid activism and for the legal defence of anti-apartheid figures, including Nelson Mandela at the Rivonia Trial.

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Coloureds

Coloureds (Kleurlinge) are a multiracial ethnic group native to Southern Africa who have ancestry from various populations inhabiting the region, including Khoisan, Bantu speakers, Afrikaners, and sometimes also Austronesians and South Asians.

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Easebourne

Easebourne is a village and civil parish in the Chichester District of West Sussex, England.

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England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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Federation of South African Women

The Federation of South African Women, (FEDSAW) was a political lobby group formed in 1954.

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Frans Lourens Herman Rumpff

Frans Lourens Herman Rumpff, (5 June 1912 – 4 April 1992) was the Chief Justice of South Africa from 1974 to 1982.

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Freedom Charter

The Freedom Charter was the statement of core principles of the South African Congress Alliance, which consisted of the African National Congress (ANC) and its allies - the South African Indian Congress, the South African Congress of Democrats and the Coloured People's Congress.

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Glenwood, KwaZulu-Natal

Glenwood is a suburb on the lower Berea in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

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Grahamstown

Grahamstown, never known as Makhanda (Grahamstad, iRhini) is a town of about 70,000 people in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa.

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Helen Joseph House

“On 31 December 1956 I moved into my little cottage with the tall trees, delighted to have a home of my own…” (Joseph, 1986).

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High treason

Treason is criminal disloyalty.

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India

India (IAST), also called the Republic of India (IAST), is a country in South Asia.

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Johannesburg

Johannesburg (also known as Jozi, Joburg and Egoli) is the largest city in South Africa and is one of the 50 largest urban areas in the world.

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John Day Company

The John Day Company was a New York publishing firm that specialized in illustrated fiction and current affairs books and pamphlets from 1926 to 1968.

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King's College London

King's College London (informally King's or KCL) is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom, and a founding constituent college of the federal University of London.

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Kliptown

Kliptown is a suburb of the formerly black township of Soweto in Gauteng, South Africa, located about 17 km south-west of Johannesburg.

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Lillian Ngoyi

Lilian Masediba Matabane Ngoyi "Mma Ngoyi", (25 September 1911 – 13 March 1980), was a South African anti-apartheid activist.

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List of people subject to banning orders under apartheid

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Midhurst

Midhurst (pronounced, or in the Sussex dialect: Medhas) is a market town and civil parish in West Sussex, England.

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National Women's Day

National Women's Day is a South African public holiday celebrated annually on 9 August.

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Nelson Mandela

Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (18 July 1918 – 5 December 2013) was a South African anti-apartheid revolutionary, political leader, and philanthropist, who served as President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999.

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Norwood, Gauteng

Norwood is a rapidly gentrifying suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa.

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Order of Simon of Cyrene

The Order of Simon of Cyrene is the highest award given by the Anglican Church of Southern Africa to laity for distinguished service.

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Pass laws

In South Africa, pass laws were a form of internal passport system designed to segregate the population, manage urbanisation, and allocate migrant labour.

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Pretoria

Pretoria is a city in the northern part of Gauteng, South Africa.

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Rhodes University

Rhodes University is a public research university located in Grahamstown in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa.

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Solly Sachs

Emil Solomon “Solly” Sachs (11 November 1900 – 30 July 1976) was a South African trade unionist and an anti-apartheid activist.

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South Africa

South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa.

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South African Congress of Democrats

The South African Congress of Democrats (SACOD) was a radical, left, white, anti-apartheid organization founded in South Africa in late 1953 as part of the multi-racial Congress Alliance.

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Union Buildings

The Union Buildings form the official seat of the South African Government and also house the offices of the President of South Africa.

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University of London

The University of London (abbreviated as Lond. or more rarely Londin. in post-nominals) is a collegiate and a federal research university located in London, England.

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West Sussex

West Sussex is a county in the south of England, bordering East Sussex (with Brighton and Hove) to the east, Hampshire to the west and Surrey to the north, and to the south the English Channel.

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Winnie Madikizela-Mandela

Winnie Madikizela-Mandela (born Nomzamo Winifred Zanyiwe Madikizela; 26 September 1936 – 2 April 2018), also known as Winnie Mandela, was a South African anti-apartheid activist and politician, and the ex-wife of Nelson Mandela.

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Women's Auxiliary Air Force

The Women's Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF), whose members were referred to as WAAFs, was the female auxiliary of the Royal Air Force during World War II, established in 1939.

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Women's March (South Africa)

Women's March was a march that took place on 9 August 1956 in Pretoria, South Africa.

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World War II

World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.

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1956 Treason Trial

The Treason Trial was a trial in Johannesburg in which 156 people, including Nelson Mandela, were arrested in a raid and accused of treason in South Africa in 1956.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_Joseph

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