On 21 March 1960 the Sharpeville massacre occurred when the PAC ( Pan Africanist Congress ) organised a protest in which black Africans attempted to hand in to police their Apartheid-required pass books which restricted them from going in certain areas . What had started as a peaceful protest soon became violent , as a result of which South African Police opened fire on the crowd . Sixty-nine black people were killed and 178 wounded by police during the violence
Sharpeville massacre
Sharpeville massacre
Sharpeville