History glossary
Defiance Campaign
the 1952 mass civil disobedience campaign against apartheid laws.
- Category
- Protest campaign
- Region
- South Africa
- Date range
- 1952
What it means
The Defiance Campaign was a 1952 campaign of disciplined civil disobedience led by the African National Congress, the South African Indian Congress and allies. Volunteers openly broke selected apartheid laws and accepted arrest to expose the injustice of the system.
