Campaign of Defiance  against Unjust Laws

"The Defiance Campaign"

The Defiance Campaign against Unjust Laws was launched on 26 June 1952 by the ANC together with the South African Indian Congress. More than 8,500 volunteers or 'defiers' were imprisoned for peacefully refusing to obey apartheid laws. The campaign, which carried on into 1953, attracted thousands into political activity.

• Exchange of Correspondence between the African National Congress, the South African Indian Congress, and the Prime Minister of the Union of South Africa between 21 January and 20 February 1952
• The Defiance Campaign Recalled. Paper by M.P. Naicker, from "Notes and Documents", No. 11/72, June 1972. Published in connection with the twentieth anniversary of Defiance Campaign in 1972.
• American Supporters of the Defiance Campaign. Statement by George Houser at a meeting of the United Nations Special Committee against Apartheid on 25 June 1982, to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the "Campaign of Defiance against Unjust Laws".
• Defiance Campaign in South Africa, Recalled. Article by E.S. Reddy, Asian Times, London, 26 June 1987

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