Have you ever been so frustrated with something in your society that you wanted it to change? What have you done to make it better? Below, you will find an article from the BBC about an protest staged by South African students in 1976 known as
The Soweto Uprising. These students decided to stand up for themselves and demand an education and better treatment.
What was the Soweto uprising?
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On 16 June 1976 an incident happened in South Africa that made headlines around the world that has since become known as the Soweto uprising.
On that day a protest by black African children in the country ended when police fired guns at them. The government said 95 people - some of them children - were killed. It's thought more than 500 people died.
At the time the South African government had a law called apartheid, which meant black people had fewer rights than white people and had to live separate lives from them.
So what happened on that day, and what did it mean for South Africa?
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