The Defiance Campaign

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  • In 1952, the ANC and the Indian Congress organised the Defiance Campaign. The campaign was peaceful, but protestors deliberately broke Apartheid laws.
  • During the Defiance Campaign, protestors walked in white-only areas, waited to be served at "white" counters and walked through the white only doors. More than 8,000 protestors were arrested.
  • Membership of the ANC increased dramatically from 7,000 to 100,000.
  • The government replied to the Defiance Campaign with the Criminal Law Amendment Act in 1953. It became offence to break any law in a protest.
  • The Defiance Campaign of 1952 convinced the ANC that it should work with any other organisation that was opposed to Apartheid.