Drum Magazine social history photographs, South Africa edition 1235

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AuthorDrum Social Histories
Copyright© The Drum Archive
CreditDrum Magazine photographer / Drum Social Histories / Bailey's African History Archive / african.pictures
DescriptionAnti-Pass Campaign – On August 9, 1956, 20 000 women of all races, some with babies on their backs, from the cities and towns, from reserves and villages, took a petition addressed to the Prime Minister to the Union Buildings in Pretoria. He was not in. The petition demanded of Strijdom that the pass laws be abolished.
CityPretoria
State / ProvinceGauteng
CountrySouth Africa
FilenameAPN36584.jpg
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File Size11 MB
Dimensions3807 × 6000 px
Date Created2 September 1956
Date Uploaded9 October 2025

Drum Magazine social history photographs, South Africa edition 1235

Anti-Pass Campaign – On August 9, 1956, 20 000 women of all races, some with babies on their backs, from the cities and towns, from reserves and villages, took a petition addressed to the Prime Minister to the Union Buildings in Pretoria. He was not in. The petition demanded of Strijdom that the pass laws be abolished.
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