The brochure includes the text of The Freedom Charter and an introduction by Edwin Ogebe Ogbu, Former Chairman, UN Special Committee Against Apartheid. The brochure says the "Freedom Charter" was unanimously adopted at a "Congress of the People", held in Kliptown, near Johannesburg, on 25 and 26June, 1955. The brochure says the Congress was convened by the African National Congress (ANC), together with the South African Indian Congress, the South African Coloured Peoples' Organization and the Congress of Democrats (an organization of whites supporting the liberation movement) It was attended by 2,888 delegates from throughout South Africa, and was perhaps the most representative gathering ever...
The brochure includes the text of The Freedom Charter and an introduction by Edwin Ogebe Ogbu, Former Chairman, UN Special Committee Against Apartheid. The brochure says the "Freedom Charter" was unanimously adopted at a "Congress of the People", held in Kliptown, near Johannesburg, on 25 and 26June, 1955. The brochure says the Congress was convened by the African National Congress (ANC), together with the South African Indian Congress, the South African Coloured Peoples' Organization and the Congress of Democrats (an organization of whites supporting the liberation movement) It was attended by 2,888 delegates from throughout South Africa, and was perhaps the most representative gathering ever held in the country. The brochure says the Charter was adopted by the four sponsoring organizations as their policy and became a manifesto of their struggle for freedom.
