Steve Biko’s 70th Birthday
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Steve Biko’s 70th Birthday: South African anti-apartheid activist died in police custody 39 years ago
'The most potent weapon in the hands of the oppressor is the mind of the oppressed,' the legendary activist said.
Matt Payton
The independent
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Steve Biko died 14 years before his goal of bringing down Apartheid rule in South Africa was achieved in 1991.
The activist and leader of the Black Consciousness Movement (BCM) has been commemorated with a Google Doodle on his 70th birthday.
He died in police custody aged 30 - arguably the face of the anti-Apartheid movement along with the then-incarcerated Nelson Mandela.
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