What is Hector Pieterson?
'''Hector Pieterson''' (19 August 1963 - 16 June 1976) was a [[Black people|Black]] [[South Africa|South African]] [[activism|activist]]. He was shot and killed by police firing directly at him. <ref> {{cite web|title=Hector Pieterson|url=https://www.sahistory.org.za/people/hector-pieterson|website=South African History Online|access-date=30 December 2023}} </ref> He protested against laws requiring the [[Afrikaans]] and [[English language|English]] language to be taught in majority-Black primary and secondary schools together with other Black students. <ref> {{cite web|title=Hector Pieterson|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Hector-Pieterson|author=Leong|first=Ernest|website=Encyclopedia Britannica|access-date=30 December 2023}} </ref> He, and other Black students, were reminded of their [[Dutch people|Dutch]] [[colonialism|colonial]] oppressors by Afrikaans. Besides, they wanted to learn [[Xhosa language|Xhosa]] and [[Zulu language|Zulu]] like other Black children. <ref> {{cite web|title=Soweto Uprising: How a Photo Helped End Apartheid|url=https://time.com/4365138/soweto-anniversary-photograph|author=Baker|first=Aryn|website=Time Magazine|access-date=30 December 2023}} </ref> His death was recorded by photographer [[Sam Nzima]] on 16 June 1976. This image was flashed worldwide and represented the resistance against [[apartheid]]. 16 June is now commemorated as Youth Day in South Africa. <ref> {{cite web|title=The Face of an Uprising, The Hector Pieterson Museum, Soweto|url=https://www.southafrica.net/gl/en/travel/article/the-face-of-an-uprising-the-hector-pieterson-museum-soweto|website=South Africa: Travel|access-date=30 December 2023}} </ref> ==Early life== Hector Pieterson was born on 19 August 1963 in [[Soweto]], South Africa to Vivian Pieterson and Dorothy Molefi. He was the only boy in the family. He had one sister, Lulu Pieterson, and four stepsisters, including Antoinette Sithole and Sina Molefi. <ref> {{cite web|title=Hector Pieterson: The untold truth of the 1976 Soweto Uprising|url=https