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Hector a boy, a protest, and the photograph that changed apartheid /

On June 16, 1976, Hector Pieterson, an ordinary boy, lost his life after getting caught up in what was supposed to be a peaceful protest. Black South African students were marching against a new law requiring that they be taught half of their subjects in Afrikaans, the language of the White governme...

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Main Author: Wright, Adrienne, 1960-
Format: Book
Language: English
Published: Salem, MA : Page Street Kids, 2019.
Physical Description: 1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm.
Subjects:
Pieterson, Hector, -- 1963-1976 -- Juvenile literature.
Pieterson, Hector, -- 1963-1976.
Children -- South Africa -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Journalism, Pictorial -- South Africa -- Juvenile literature.
Apartheid -- South Africa -- Juvenile literature.
Children -- South Africa -- Biography.
Apartheid -- South Africa.
Students -- Political activity -- South Africa.
South Africa -- History -- Soweto Uprising, 1976 -- Juvenile literature.
South Africa -- History.

CMU Juv Coll 2nd Floor

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CMU Juv Coll 2nd Floor Juv 968.06 W947h Available

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