Mother: Connections To Apartheid And American Civil Rights Movement
Mother to Mother: Connections to Apartheid and American Civil Rights Movement Mother to Mother is a book that focuses on the lives and relationship of two mothers who live an ocean apart, in entirely different cultures. However, the book shows a much greater relationship that is much less talked about in the book: that between Amy Biehl, the American student who was visiting South Africa to encourage voting, and her killer, Mxolisi.
The comparison between young people from the United States and South Africa during this time illustrates a much better picture of the Apartheid than the relationship between two mothers can. By understanding the similarities and differences of Apartheid in South Africa and the civil rights movement in America, …show more content…
Rather than reducing or repealing some of the laws, they began to enforce them much harder and part ways with organizations and countries that didn’t agree with South Africa’s Apartheid system . By the 1990s, and ultimately into 1994, the Apartheid policies had toned down, mostly eliminating some of the lesser laws such as interracial marriage segregation. Mother to Mother takes place in 1994 surrounding the first democrat elections in South Africa. The civil rights movement in America and the anti-Apartheid movement in South Africa have many strikingly similar qualities. Both movements fought government policies as well as social racism. The protesters from both countries fought for replacement of policies such as segregation in schools and Apartheid as well as equality in the eyes of their government and fellow citizens . Both movements also had a large contingency of youth involved. One can also compare the leadership qualities and lives of Nelson Mandela of South Africa and Martin Luther King, Jr., leader of the American civil rights …show more content…
Another inspiration for the anti-Apartheid movement was the
Sharpeville Massacre, where South African police killed 69 peaceful protesters . This not only inspired protesters in South Africa but civil rights activists in the United States as well. Throughout all of the unrest in South Africa, African Americans and native South Africans shared a close bond. The Sharpeville Massacre was a great influence on Americans. However, Martin Luther King, Jr. and Nelson Mandela were very important leaders in both of their respective countries and civil rights movements. Nelson Mandela was an extremely inspirational leader for South Africans. Mandela was arrested multiple times in 1962 and 1963, released shortly after his arrest each time . In 1964, however, he was arrested by the South African government for making anti-Apartheid statements and sentenced to 27 years in prison . He was released from prison in 1990, and with his release gave American and South African revolutionary leaders a new sense of
The comparison between young people from the United States and South Africa during this time illustrates a much better picture of the Apartheid than the relationship between two mothers can. By understanding the similarities and differences of Apartheid in South Africa and the civil rights movement in America, …show more content…
Rather than reducing or repealing some of the laws, they began to enforce them much harder and part ways with organizations and countries that didn’t agree with South Africa’s Apartheid system . By the 1990s, and ultimately into 1994, the Apartheid policies had toned down, mostly eliminating some of the lesser laws such as interracial marriage segregation. Mother to Mother takes place in 1994 surrounding the first democrat elections in South Africa. The civil rights movement in America and the anti-Apartheid movement in South Africa have many strikingly similar qualities. Both movements fought government policies as well as social racism. The protesters from both countries fought for replacement of policies such as segregation in schools and Apartheid as well as equality in the eyes of their government and fellow citizens . Both movements also had a large contingency of youth involved. One can also compare the leadership qualities and lives of Nelson Mandela of South Africa and Martin Luther King, Jr., leader of the American civil rights …show more content…
Another inspiration for the anti-Apartheid movement was the
Sharpeville Massacre, where South African police killed 69 peaceful protesters . This not only inspired protesters in South Africa but civil rights activists in the United States as well. Throughout all of the unrest in South Africa, African Americans and native South Africans shared a close bond. The Sharpeville Massacre was a great influence on Americans. However, Martin Luther King, Jr. and Nelson Mandela were very important leaders in both of their respective countries and civil rights movements. Nelson Mandela was an extremely inspirational leader for South Africans. Mandela was arrested multiple times in 1962 and 1963, released shortly after his arrest each time . In 1964, however, he was arrested by the South African government for making anti-Apartheid statements and sentenced to 27 years in prison . He was released from prison in 1990, and with his release gave American and South African revolutionary leaders a new sense of