​The Soweto Uprising of 16 June 1976: sport, resistance and global change   

On June 16 1976, South Africa witnessed the explosive beginning of the Soweto Uprising, a student-led revolt that would shake the foundations of apartheid and echo across the world. What began as a well-documented peaceful march by thousands of black schoolchildren protesting the imposition of Afrikaans as a medium of instruction in schools quickly turned tragic.

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