How to Use anti-apartheid in a Sentence

anti-apartheid

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• Singh had met Jones whilst making anti-apartheid films in the 1980s.
  — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 4 Nov. 2024
• And the anti-apartheid movement had some of its most powerful allies in the US.
  — David McKenzie, CNN, 19 Feb. 2023
• Party volunteers blasted hymns from the era of the anti-apartheid struggle, and danced the familiar jig known as toyi-toyi.
  — Lynsey Chutel, New York Times, 29 May 2024
• For one, the anti-apartheid protests did not spark the violent clashes with police and counterprotesters the way today’s demonstrations have.
  — Jackie Valley, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 May 2024
• Four years later he was swept up in a mass police raid that targeted anti-apartheid activists, though he was ultimately acquitted.
  — Encyclopedia Britannica, 9 June 2026
• But in the antipodes and Africa, a myth built up around Rodriguez; in the latter region, his music was embraced by the anti-apartheid movement.
  — Chris Morris, Variety, 9 Aug. 2023
• Archbishop Desmond Tutu led the largest anti-apartheid march in South African history.
  — Lorenzino Estrada, The Arizona Republic, 13 Sep. 2024
• Prominent leaders of the anti-apartheid movement visiting India would address them.
  — Stephanie Nolen, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2023
• His incarceration became a rallying point for the global anti-apartheid movement.
  — Encyclopedia Britannica, 9 June 2026
• The anti-apartheid liberation song has been interpreted by some as calling for violence against Afrikaners.
  — ABC News, 24 June 2026
• Nelson Mandela was still in prison, and the ruling parties in South Africa were arresting anti-apartheid protesters in the night.
  — Bishop Michael Curry, CBS News, 9 Apr. 2023
• Back in Carter’s home state, Atlanta became a hotbed for discussions around economic divestments as anti-apartheid protests grew.
  — Kristi York Wooten, Rolling Stone, 15 May 2023
• Some of the student protests, like the Civil Rights and anti-apartheid movements, helped achieve tangible goals that have become broadly accepted over time.
  — Richard Fausset, New York Times, 4 May 2024
• Videos were cued up on a large TV set to show a clip of an opposition party leader, Julius Malema, leading an old anti-apartheid song.
  — Gerald Imray, Chicago Tribune, 21 May 2025
• He had been imprisoned in South Africa for 27 years for leading the anti-apartheid movement, but went on to become the country's first Black head of state.
  — Rachael O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2025
• My parents were supporters of the anti-apartheid movement and various family members were persecuted for being so also.
  — Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 14 May 2026
• The hero of the anti-apartheid struggle, Nelson Mandela, left the presidency in June 1999.
  — Brian Murphy, Washington Post, 18 Aug. 2023
• The awards were named after Justice Albie Sachs, who received the inaugural lifetime achievement award for his anti-apartheid efforts.
  — Stephanie Sengwe, Peoplemag, 27 Sep. 2024
• Jackson was a close friend of Nelson Mandela, South Africa’s iconic anti-apartheid leader and its first Black president.
  — Matt Brown, Los Angeles Times, 8 Mar. 2026
• Buying seeds, according to a lot of these catalogues, is a political act—hence Fedco’s invoking the anti-apartheid movement to sell purple broccoli.
  — Jill Lepore, The New Yorker, 13 Mar. 2023
• The concept of socially responsible investing began to take hold in the '50s and '60s as civil rights and anti-apartheid movements drove social change.
  — Lis Anderson, Forbes, 13 Sep. 2024
• The ruling African National Congress has long supported the Palestinians' quest for their own state, linking it to its own anti-apartheid battle.
  — Gabriele Steinhauser, WSJ, 6 Nov. 2023
• The son of anti-apartheid lawyers, Kentridge is known for his distinctive artistic style that combines illustration, animation, and film to confront social justice issues.
  — Sarah Engel, CNN, 21 Apr. 2023
• The incoming acting police minister, Firoz Cachalia, is a respected legal expert and veteran of the anti-apartheid struggle.
  — The Christian Science Monitor, Christian Science Monitor, 15 July 2025
• Singh urged jurors to view the protest within a broader historical context, comparing it to anti-apartheid divestment campaigns targeting South Africa.
  — Ryan MacAsero, Mercury News, 10 Jan. 2026
• Steve Biko was the founder of South Africa's Black Consciousness Movement and one of the country's most influential anti-apartheid leaders.
  — Robert B. Tucker, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026
• The award is named in honor of anti-apartheid leader Justice Albie Sachs, who received a lifetime achievement award at the inaugural event in 2022.
  — Julia Teti, WWD, 27 Sep. 2024
• Image The chant was popularized during the anti-apartheid movement in the 1990s, when Black South Africans were fighting a brutal and racist regime.
  — Eve Sampson, New York Times, 22 May 2025
• The Mandela rules, named after the late South African president and anti-apartheid activist, say solitary confinement should be used only as a last resort and limited to 15 days at a time.
  — Gavin Off, Charlotte Observer, 5 Feb. 2025
• In 1918, South African anti-apartheid leader and future President Nelson Mandela was born in the village of Mvezo.
  — ABC News, 29 June 2026