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December 2, 1977 - A demonstration erupted outside a South African court after a magistrate ruled that security police were to be exonerated in the death of black consciousness leader Steve Biko, who died while in their custody.
The demonstrators chanted, "They have killed Steve Biko. What have we done? Our sin is that we are black?"
His funeral had been attended by more than 15,000 mourners, not including the thousands who were turned away by the police. He had been arrested for writing inflammatory pamphlets and "inciting unrest" among the black community.
"The most potent weapon in the hands of the oppressor is the mind of the oppressed.”
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"Black was a gesture of solidarity, whereas non-white was a term of exclusion. To be called non-white was to be defined in the negative, Biko argued, defined by what you weren’t. To choose black was to define yourself in the positive." —Eula Biss for The Believer.
https://www.thebeliever.net/love-and-murder-in-south-africa/
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