Abstract
There was an illusion in the late 1950s that the black political awakening was mirrored in the white community. The Multiracial Conference, the rise of the Black Sash and a major coming-together of churches and non-political organizations stirred, as never before, by the ‘Church clause’ of the Native Laws Amendment Act of 1956 gave the Liberals fresh hope — only to have it dashed by the 1958 General Election results.
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J. Lazerson, Against the tide: whites in the struggle against apartheid (Bellville, 1994), p. 207.
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Vigne, R. (1997). Beyond Parliament. In: Liberals against Apartheid. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230374737_9
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