Congress Alliance

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anti-apartheid coalition political alliance

The Congress Alliance was a multi-racial coalition of anti-apartheid organizations in South Africa that coordinated resistance to racial segregation and minority rule in the mid-20th century.

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Label	Occurrences
Congress Alliance canonical	10

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	anti-apartheid coalition ⓘ political alliance ⓘ
activeIn	mid-20th century ⓘ
activePeriod	1950s ⓘ
adopted	Freedom Charter ⓘ
basedOn	principle of equality before the law ⓘ universal human rights ⓘ
characteristic	multi-organizational ⓘ multi-racial ⓘ
coordinated	Congress of the People ⓘ surface form: Congress of the People (1955)
country	South Africa ⓘ
drafted	Freedom Charter ⓘ
ethnicComposition	African ⓘ Coloured ⓘ Indian ⓘ white ⓘ
goal	end apartheid ⓘ end racial segregation ⓘ end white minority rule in South Africa ⓘ establish a non-racial democratic South Africa ⓘ
hasPart	African National Congress ⓘ Congress of Democrats ⓘ Coloured People’s Congress ⓘ surface form: South African Coloured People’s Organisation South African Congress of Trade Unions ⓘ South African Indian Congress ⓘ
historicalSignificance	formulated a common anti-apartheid program through the Freedom Charter ⓘ
ideology	anti-apartheid ⓘ democracy ⓘ non-racialism ⓘ
influenced	African National Congress policy ⓘ South African liberation struggle ⓘ
inspired	later anti-apartheid coalitions ⓘ
location	South Africa ⓘ
memberOrganization	African National Congress ⓘ Congress of Democrats ⓘ Coloured People’s Congress ⓘ surface form: South African Coloured People’s Organisation South African Congress of Trade Unions ⓘ South African Indian Congress ⓘ
movement	anti-apartheid movement ⓘ
notableWork	Freedom Charter ⓘ
opposedTo	apartheid ⓘ racial segregation in South Africa ⓘ white minority rule in South Africa ⓘ
politicalPosition	left-wing ⓘ progressive ⓘ
strategy	civil disobedience ⓘ mass mobilization ⓘ non-violent resistance ⓘ

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Subject: Congress Alliance
Description of subject: The Congress Alliance was a multi-racial coalition of anti-apartheid organizations in South Africa that coordinated resistance to racial segregation and minority rule in the mid-20th century.

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Transvaal Indian Congress → partOf → Congress Alliance ⓘ

South African Indian Congress → memberOf → Congress Alliance ⓘ

Walter Sisulu → participantIn → Congress Alliance ⓘ

Freedom Charter → associatedWith → Congress Alliance ⓘ

Defiance Campaign of 1952 → organizedBy → Congress Alliance ⓘ

Coloured People’s Congress → partOf → Congress Alliance ⓘ

South African Congress of Democrats → movement → Congress Alliance ⓘ

South African Congress of Democrats → partOf → Congress Alliance ⓘ

South African Congress of Trade Unions → partOf → Congress Alliance ⓘ

Congress of Democrats → memberOf → Congress Alliance ⓘ