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FRONTLINE Special Report; Apartheid: 1948-1963

07/08/1988

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Series

FRONTLINE Special Report

Program

Apartheid: 1948-1963

Program Number

517

Series Description

Since January 1983, FRONTLINE has served as American public television's - PBS - flagship public affairs series. Hailed upon its television broadcast debut as "the last best hope for broadcast documentaries," FRONTLINE's stature over 23 years is reaffirmed each week through incisive documentaries covering the scope and complexity of the human experience. Series release date: 1/1983

Program Description

Part 2 details the new policy which included classifying all South Africans by race, removing blacks from cities where many had lived for generations, and establishing separate and unequal schooling for blacks. Frontline focuses on the increasing black resistance in the 1950s and the rise of resistance leader Nelson Mandela.

Duration

00:61:00

Asset Type

Broadcast program

Media Type

Video

Topics

News

Public Affairs

Creators

Fanning, David (Series Producer)

Citation

Chicago: “FRONTLINE Special Report; Apartheid: 1948-1963,” 07/08/1988, GBH Archives, accessed January 24, 2025, http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_98587F8AE0CE4A7EB6F16A65C5C27EDA.

MLA: “FRONTLINE Special Report; Apartheid: 1948-1963.” 07/08/1988. GBH Archives. Web. January 24, 2025. <http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_98587F8AE0CE4A7EB6F16A65C5C27EDA>.

APA: FRONTLINE Special Report; Apartheid: 1948-1963. Boston, MA: GBH Archives. Retrieved from http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_98587F8AE0CE4A7EB6F16A65C5C27EDA