Coloured People’s Congress

E190038

anti-apartheid organization mass democratic movement organization political organization

The Coloured People’s Congress was a South African anti-apartheid political organization representing Coloured communities and allied with the broader Congress Alliance in the mid-20th century struggle against racial segregation.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
South African Coloured People’s Organisation	6
Coloured People’s Congress canonical	3

Statements (37)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	anti-apartheid organization ⓘ mass democratic movement organization ⓘ political organization ⓘ
activeDuring	1950s in South Africa ⓘ
activePeriod	mid-20th century ⓘ
advocatedFor	ending discriminatory pass laws against Coloured people ⓘ political representation of Coloured people ⓘ
alliedWith	African National Congress ⓘ Congress of Democrats ⓘ South African Congress of Trade Unions ⓘ South African Indian Congress ⓘ
country	South Africa ⓘ
focus	mobilization of Coloured communities against apartheid ⓘ
historicalSignificance	contributed to the development of non-racial politics in South Africa ⓘ helped integrate Coloured communities into the broader anti-apartheid struggle ⓘ
ideology	democracy ⓘ non-racialism ⓘ social justice ⓘ
locatedIn	South Africa ⓘ
movementType	mass-based anti-apartheid movement ⓘ
operatedInPoliticalContext	apartheid government of South Africa ⓘ surface form: apartheid South Africa
opposed	Group Areas Act ⓘ apartheid ⓘ racial classification of Coloured people ⓘ racial segregation laws in South Africa ⓘ
opposedPolicyOf	National Party (South Africa) ⓘ surface form: National Party government of South Africa
participatedIn	Congress of the People ⓘ surface form: Congress of the People (1955)
partOf	Congress Alliance ⓘ
politicalPosition	anti-apartheid ⓘ
regionServed	Cape Province ⓘ
represented	Coloured communities in South Africa ⓘ Coloured working-class communities ⓘ
supported	Congress Alliance Freedom Charter campaign ⓘ equal civil rights for all races in South Africa ⓘ universal suffrage in South Africa ⓘ
usedLanguage	Afrikaans ⓘ English ⓘ

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Subject: Coloured People’s Congress
Description of subject: The Coloured People’s Congress was a South African anti-apartheid political organization representing Coloured communities and allied with the broader Congress Alliance in the mid-20th century struggle against racial segregation.

Referenced by (9)

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

Defiance Campaign → organiser → Coloured People’s Congress ⓘ

Freedom Charter → draftedBy → Coloured People’s Congress ⓘ

Congress Alliance → hasPart → Coloured People’s Congress ⓘ