The Death of Hector Pieterson
The iconic photograph of the dead body of Hector Pieterson, age 13, being carried by Mbuyisa Makhuba alongside his sister, received global attention, exposing the world to the horrors of the apartheid government.
![Mbuyisa Makhuba, a black South African young man carries the dead body Hector Pieterson, age thirteen.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-07/Death_of_Hector_Pieterson.jpg?h=560d0ed6&itok=3gQ-uZsK)
The Defiance Campaign
A group of resisters proudly pose after their release from prison in Durban during the Defiance Campaign Against Unjust Laws, 1952.
![A group of resisters proudly pose after their release from prison in Durban during the Defiance Campaign Against Unjust Laws, 1952.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-05/Democracy_1952_TheDefianceCampaign_FH281822.jpg?h=56feb499&itok=2LnEBZM4)
The Great Trek
Dutch colonists (Boers) load supply-filled wagons in preparation for their migration into the interior of South Africa in the 1830s.
![A caravan of covered wagons and oxen with men, women, and children loading supplies onto a wagon](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-07/The_Great_Trek.jpg?h=f2a85351&itok=rbYSjV4U)
The National Coal Strikes: The Miner Emerges
Artist Boardman Robinson drew ‘The Miner Emerges’ in response to the National Coal Strikes in 1912 in the United Kingdom and the United States.
![A pencil on paper sketch of a miner in distress.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-07/1912_themineremerges_FH2169297.png?h=5f568b80&itok=-lcCLZDX)
Tswana and Venda Wedding
This Tswana-Venda wedding demonstrates the continued importance of traditional culture in contemporary South African society.
![This Tswana-Venda wedding demonstrates the continued importance of traditional culture in contemporary South African society.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-05/Democracy_2018_TswanaandVendaWedding_%20FH281155.jpg?h=4c3b389f&itok=V-EjaKiW)
UDF Public Meeting
The Johannesburg Democratic Action Committee (JODAC) was formed as an affiliate of the UDF in 1983, and provided an opportunity for whites to join the struggle against apartheid.
![Poster with information about a public meeting at Johannesburg City Hall.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-07/Call_to_Whites.jpg?h=258346de&itok=fxQqyjY4)
UDF Unites, Apartheid Divides
Established in 1983, the United Democratic Fronts' goal was the establishment of a non-racial, united South Africa in which segregation is abolished and society is freed from institutional and systemic racism.
![Poster advertising a rally in Capetown contains an illustration of people marching carrying a "UDF" flag.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-07/UDF_Unites_-_Apartheid_Divides.jpg?h=2b832867&itok=CtZS0cnT)
View of Johannesburg
A view of Johannesburg and its northern suburbs as seen from the top floor of the Carlton Centre, depicting the city’s modern infrastructure.
![Birds eye view of Johannesburg with many tall modern buildings.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-07/View_Of_Johannesburg_Medium_res.jpg?h=7fb2964e&itok=KfDXW4P8)
Map of South Africa Showing British Possessions, July 1885
This map illustrates territorial boundaries and colonial possessions in southern Africa in the late nineteenth-century.
![South Africa divided and colored based on free territories (Transvaal, Orange Free State, Stella Land) and British possessions (Cape Colony, Griqua Land West, Griqua Land East, Natal, Basuto Land, Bechuanaland).](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-07/1885_MapSouthAfricaBritishPossessions_FH281152.jpg?h=2d839f00&itok=vdlgsUCm)
Durban Strikes
The Durban strikes of 1973, and the subsequent formation of new trade unions, were instrumental in causing the first seams of apartheid to break apart.
![The Durban strikes of 1973, and the subsequent formation of new trade unions, were instrumental in causing the first seams of apartheid to break apart.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-05/Democracy_1973_DurbanStrikes_FH282023.jpg?h=ae1281eb&itok=_wD8vdVT)