Rubin 's creative endeavours in South African society during the 1950s and 1960s dissented against the apartheid-era Afrikaner establishment by defying the country 's racist social norms . Rubin organised his own jazz group in the 1950s , snuck into black townships , and played alongside black musicians . Rubin 's visual artwork was first exhibited in 1956 . Among Rubin 's contributions to the South African fine arts in this spirit was the 1961 '' Sharpeville '' , a series of drawings devoted to the brutality of the Apartheid-era authorities during the Sharpeville massacre in 1960
Sharpeville massacre
Sharpeville massacre
Harold Rubin