Intro Card #1

Biko was born in Williamstown, Cape province, South Africa

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Biko was born on December 18th, 1946

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Grew up in catholic family

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became a student at Wentworth

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Wentworth is a white medical school in durban

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He was a second son and a third child

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Full name is Stephen Bantu Biko

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Began being involved in activist activities in 1968

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Expelled from Wentworth in 1972

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He devoted his time to activist activities

Characteristic 1 #1a

Stephen Biko Created SASO (South African Student Organization) in 1968

Characteristic 1 #1b

He got kicked out of Wentworth in 1972 for poor academic performance

Characteristic 1 #1c

went to work at BCP (Black Community Programmes)

Characteristic 1 #1d

His involvement in political activities in 1973 got him kicked out of Durban, and his home town

Characteristic 1 #1e

he set up another branch of BCP in Williamstown only to be rejected again

Characteristic 1 #1f

He continued to work for black consciousness 

Characteristic 1 #1g

he is put in detention many times because of his persevearance

Characteristic 1 #1h

he was never charged

Characteristic 1 #1i

He founded BPC (Black People's Convention) in 1972

Characteristic 1 #1j

Became honorary president of BPC in 1977

Characteristic 2 #1a

He wished to be the president for 5 years

Characteristic 2 #1b

He died on 1977 of brain damage after police brutally beat him.

Characteristic 2 #1c

His death revealed the tru identity of the apartheid in south africa

Characteristic 2 #1d

The apartheid is the social system under which non-whites lived in south africa

Characteristic 2 #1e

Apartheid is based on the idea of institutionalized separate development of whites and blacks

Characteristic 2 #1f

Biko was able to outgrow the laws the system had taught him

Characteristic 2 #1g

examples of rebellion against the apartheid are found in BIko's writings "I Write What I Like"

Characteristic 2 #1h

Most of Biko's writings were about the inequality between blacks and whites in south africa 

Characteristic 2 #1i

Biko is sometimes compared to Nelson Mandela and Robert Sobukwe because of his activism

Characteristic 2 #1j

He formed the SASO to fill in the gap in the South African government.

Characteristic 3 #1a

His black consciousness inspired youngsters to not fear the control of the white

Characteristic 3 #1b

Blacks began to withdraw from multiracial organizations

Characteristic 3 #1c

The members of SASO alienated some white students especially from NUSA

CHaracteristic 3 #1d

Biko was brought to testify at the BCPSASO trial

Characteristic 3 #1e

The trial broke a three year imposed silence

Characteristic 3 #1f

The trial was his chance to speak after three years of ban from speaking and traveling

CHaracteristic 3 #1g

After police brutally murdered him in 1977 the South African government disclaimed responsibility for his death 

Characteristic 3 #1h

Police men were inspected but case was not resolved

Characteristic 3 #1i

in 1997 5 police men admitted to the murder of stephen biko in 1977

Characteristic 3 #1j

South Africa's Truth Commission gave amnesty to the officers for revealing themselves