Congress of the People

E190041

anti-apartheid event political conference

The Congress of the People was a pivotal 1955 multi-racial gathering in South Africa where anti-apartheid groups adopted the Freedom Charter, laying ideological foundations for the struggle against apartheid.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Congress of the People canonical	6
Congress of the People (1955)	2

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	anti-apartheid event ⓘ political conference ⓘ
adoptedDocument	Freedom Charter ⓘ
associatedWith	democracy ⓘ human rights ⓘ non-racialism ⓘ
attendedBy	thousands of delegates ⓘ
category	1955 in South Africa ⓘ Anti-apartheid movement events ⓘ Political conferences in South Africa ⓘ
corePrincipleExpressed	South Africa belongs to all who live in it, black and white ⓘ the people shall govern ⓘ
country	South Africa ⓘ
date	1955 ⓘ
endDate	1955-06-26 ⓘ
followedBy	increased state repression of anti-apartheid activists ⓘ
hasParticipant	African National Congress ⓘ Coloured People’s Congress ⓘ surface form: South African Coloured People’s Organisation South African Congress of Democrats ⓘ South African Congress of Trade Unions ⓘ South African Indian Congress ⓘ multi-racial delegates ⓘ
historicalSignificance	first large-scale multi-racial political gathering in apartheid South Africa ⓘ major milestone in the South African liberation struggle ⓘ
ideologicalImpact	influenced the political program of the African National Congress ⓘ laid foundations for the struggle against apartheid ⓘ
influenced	South African constitutional negotiations ⓘ post-1994 South African Bill of Rights ⓘ
languageOfProceedings	multiple South African languages ⓘ
legacy	continued reference point for post-apartheid constitutional values ⓘ
location	Soweto ⓘ surface form: Kliptown, Soweto
method	mass democratic consultation ⓘ
opposed	apartheid system ⓘ
organizedBy	African National Congress ⓘ Coloured People’s Congress ⓘ surface form: South African Coloured People’s Organisation South African Congress of Democrats ⓘ South African Congress of Trade Unions ⓘ South African Indian Congress ⓘ
precededBy	campaign to collect demands from communities across South Africa ⓘ
purpose	to formulate a vision for a non-racial democratic South Africa ⓘ to unite anti-apartheid organizations around a common program ⓘ
repressedBy	apartheid security forces ⓘ
significantEvent	adoption of the Freedom Charter ⓘ
startDate	1955-06-25 ⓘ

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Subject: Congress of the People
Description of subject: The Congress of the People was a pivotal 1955 multi-racial gathering in South Africa where anti-apartheid groups adopted the Freedom Charter, laying ideological foundations for the struggle against apartheid.

Referenced by (8)

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

Defiance Campaign → followedBy → Congress of the People ⓘ

South African Indian Congress → participatedIn → Congress of the People ⓘ

Walter Sisulu Square → associatedWith → Congress of the People ⓘ

Freedom Charter → adoptedAt → Congress of the People ⓘ

Congress Alliance → coordinated → Congress of the People ⓘ

this entity surface form: Congress of the People (1955)

Coloured People’s Congress → participatedIn → Congress of the People ⓘ

this entity surface form: Congress of the People (1955)

South African Congress of Democrats → participatedIn → Congress of the People ⓘ

South African Congress of Democrats → coOrganized → Congress of the People ⓘ