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Sharpeville Day

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  • Description

    Poster produced in protest of the South African rugby tour of New Zealand in [1981]. Refers to "Sharpeville Day", later known in South Africa as Human Rights Day as a result of the Sharpeville Massacre in 1960, where 69 protesters were shot and killed by South African police. Silhouette image of a group of people, with holes in their chests. Text "Stop the tour. Sharpeville Day March 21 - Bullet in the back day for sixty nine black South Africans".

    Blank space at bottom of the page. Design: Dave Kent/Wellington Media Collective.

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  • Other Id

    18750 (Presto content ID)

    PT3-42 (Legacy number)

    EPH-PT-3-93 (Reference Number)

  • Department
Sharpeville Day, Auckland War Memorial Museum, EPH-PT-3-93

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