27 . In 1955, 3,000
delegates from all over South
Africa-c-j zo Indians, 230 Coloured People, 112
Whites, and about 2,300
Africans-met
in an
open space near Johannesburg. There they
adopted a Freedom Charter, which became the
basic policy statement of the African National
Congress. Police broke the meeting up on the
second day.
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