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No Easy Walk to Freedom
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Part 1 (Chapters 1-2)
Reading Check
1. What organized movement does Mandela first discuss?
2. Who formulated the “M” Plan?
3. What political party does Mandela criticize in reference to their constitution?
Short Answer
Answer each question in at least 1 complete sentence. Incorporate details from the text to support your response.
1. How did the “M” Plan demonstrate Mass Mobilization and Shifts in Strategies and Tactics for the anti-apartheid struggle in South Africa?
2. What evidence in the first two chapters indicates that the anti-apartheid struggle embraced multiracialism?
Paired Resource
- This scholarly article explains the relationship among the ANC, the ANC Youth League, the Pan-Africanist Congress, and the Communist Party. It calls attention to the role of the ANCYL, which Mandela helped to create, in turning the ANC towards militancy, mass mobilization, and direct action. It also discusses laws and measures that the Nationalist government used from 1948 forward to repress Black African resistance to white supremacy. In addition, it includes discussion of the Defiance Campaign.
- Connects to themes of Mass Mobilization and Unity, Shifts in Strategies and Tactics, and the ANC’s Relationship to Other Political Parties
- Teacher-appropriate (not student-facing)
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