Uprising in Soweto marks indelible two year milestone
A two year retrospective in Soweto shows the 1976 student protests triggering a wave of anti government rioting across South Africa. The township still bears scars while black nationalism strengthens and exiled leaders organize abroad. Police clamp down with roadblocks and house searches as schools remain closed and communities mourn the riot’s legacy.
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Soweto
South Africa
Nthato Motana
Associated Press
Motlana
Soweto Group
Pan Africanist Congress
African National Council
Sowete
Steve Biko
Black Priests’ Solidarity
Roman Catholi Regina Mundi
Hoosier convicted of police slaying
An Ingham County jury convicted David J. Bellah of murdering Lansing police officer Mac Donnelly Jr during a June 1977 bank holdup at the Frander Shopping Center. Two co-defendants were acquitted of murder but convicted of kidnapping and bank robbery. sentencing set for July 7.
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David J. Bellah
Beard
Robert E Schraw
Gregory A. Lawrence
Ingham County Circuit Court
Lansing, Mich
Bellah
Kokomo
Schraw
Lawrence
Ocala
Fla
Ingham County
Indiana
Lansing
Michigan National Bank
Frander
Robert E. Schraw
Melony R. Godbey
Mac Donnelly Jr
Lee W. Atkinson
Donald E. Martin
Scraw
Philip K. Campbell
Black GOP meeting plans in Anderson Saturday
Indiana Black Republican Council state executive board will meet in Anderson at 1 p.m. Saturday with 13 chapter chairmen to discuss participation in the June 29-30 GOP state convention and items including the Frederick Douglass award dinner on August 5 and Black Expo involvement on July 12.
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The
Indiana Black Republican Council
Indiana
Anderson
Indianapolis Exposition Center
Dianapolis
James T. King
Costello Drive
Gary
East Chicago
Hammond
South Bend
Fort Wayne
Marion
Muncie
Kokomo
Indianapolis
Terre Haute
Bloomington
Evansville
Edward Smith
Norma Cummings
Billie Braggs
Gertrude Smith
Mae Newsom
Republican State Platform Committees
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White River
Anderson Daily Bulletin
Anderson City Park Department
Anderson Pal Club
Anderson City Park
Anderson Fire Dept
Anderson Newspapers, Inc
Anderson Police Dept
Anderson Repeater Club Athletic Attic
Dairy Broadway Beverage Care-A-Van
Hoosier
Black Gop
Ethan Allen
Lopa
E. 53Rd St
Coopers Sport Bow
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