Word: soweto
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...Soweto riots of 1976 increased the importance of Black papers, drew Black political leaders and the papers closer together, and brought the press coverage world-wide attention. "With the riots of '76, Black reporters came into real prominence. The police shootings, the demonstrations, the arrests, all these happened where Black reporters lived. White reporters couldn't even go into those areas because they'd have been killed. We gained a hell of a lot of respect," Klaaste says...
...come with Schwerner, Chaney, & Goodman, Don't let it come in Vietnam, Don't let it come in the streets of Chicago, Don't let it come in Washington; Don't let it come with Martin or Bobby, In Soweto or Moscow or Afghanistan, Please God don't let it come in Jerusalem-- But let me be buried with my ancestors... Let me sleep in peace, at an old age, Smiling eyes, and laughing face Because my dreams have come to pass And all I hoped for has been realized...
Instead of concentrating their organizing efforts on black academics, intellectuals or the young, as they have in the past, the leaders of black activist groups in Port Elizabeth and Soweto, the black township outside Johannesburg, are now focusing on factory workers. Because black labor is essential to South Africa's economy, strikes by blacks constitute a potentially powerful weapon. Though Thozamile Botha, who heads the Port Elizabeth Black Civic Organization (PEBCO), concedes that Ford is perhaps the "best" employer of blacks in the country, he has been prodding its management to respond to a long list of demands...
...walkout, white union members held an angry meeting that led to an outburst of racial slurs; blacks were accused of "fouling" integrated toilets and making insulting remarks about white women. If the government cracks down hard on the protesters, as it did to quell the rioting in Soweto in 1976, it might spark more unrest. Predicts Fred Ferreira, Ford's industrial relations manager: "Inactivity is not going to solve this problem. Whether we get a black or a white backlash is simply a matter of time...
...will tell you how they answer it. They come into my office, and we speak to them as equals. The mayor of Soweto came here the other day with his whole council and made certain presentations to me because they wanted to show their good will toward us. They came here as equals, but by being equals in South Africa, we do not mean that the white man must sacrifice his life to live here...