The Soweto uprising was a series of protests led by black schoolchildren in South Africa that began on the morning of 16 June 1976 in the township of Soweto. The students were demonstrating against apartheid-era education policy, including a requirement to be taught in Afrikaans. Police opened fire on the demonstrators, and the unrest that followed over the next several days left more than 176 people dead and over a thousand injured. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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The Soweto uprising, also known as the Soweto riots or the Soweto rebellion, was a series of demonstrations and protests led by black school children in South Africa during apartheid that began on the morning of 16 June 1976.
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Soweto, South Africa
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began on the morning of 16 June 1976
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176 pupils had been killed in Soweto by the end of June 16
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The Soweto uprising, also known as the Soweto riots or the Soweto rebellion, was a series of demonstrations and protests led by black school children in South Africa during apartheid that began on the morning of 16 June 1976.
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The Soweto uprising, also known as the Soweto riots or the Soweto rebellion, was a series of demonstrations and protests led by black school children
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The Soweto uprising, also known as the Soweto riots or the Soweto rebellion, was a series of demonstrations and protests led by black school children
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The Soweto uprising, also known as the Soweto riots or the Soweto rebellion, was a series of demonstrations and protests led by black school children in South Africa during apartheid that began on the morning of 16 June 1976.
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