This is a picture of Hector Peterson. He was the first child to be shot by the south african police on June the 16th 1976. All black kids in South Africa were forced to learn in Afrikaans (the language of the oppressor) and their education system was designed to be second rate and poor.
The kids organised a march, against this. To be treated fairly and to learn in English and their home language. They got shot for it, 1500 armed police opened fire on the unarmed kids and then riots happened and some of the schools got burned down.
This image became a symbol of police brutality and was banned for many years. Soon after this Umkhonto We Sizwe was born.
Now June the 16th is a public holiday in South Africa so that we remember, and it will never happen again in South Africa. South Africa is doing well now.
Here is some information:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soweto_Riots
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