David Beresford Pratt was a British and South African businessman, farmer, and anti-apartheid activist. He was a wealthy liberal who was deeply upset over black poverty and racial segregation and spok
Pratt c. 1961
Sharpeville massacre
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The Sharpeville massacre occurred on 21 March 1960, when police opened fire on a crowd of people who had assembled outside the police station in the township of Sharpeville in the then Transvaal Provi
David Pratt (failed assassin)
…activist. He was a wealthy liberal who was deeply upset over black poverty and racial segregation and spoke out against apartheid. Outraged by the Sharpeville massacre, Pratt tried to assassinate South African Prime Minister Hendrik Verwoerd, shooting him twice. Verwoerd survived, but was successfully assassinated six…
Victims lying on the ground after police opened fire on a crowd of protesters
Demonstrators discarding their passbooks to protest apartheid, 1960
The row of graves of victims of the Sharpeville massacre, in Phelindaba Cemetery, Sharpeville
Painting depicting victims of the massacre, by Godfrey Rubens on display at the South African consulate in London