
Image Number:
APN753408
APN753408
Headline: Eli Weinberg Collection Title: Loose Sepia Toned Photographic Print Description: Kliptown, Johannesburg, Transvaal (now Gauteng), South Africa, 19550625. PHOTO: Eli Weinberg. Two men stand and several others sit on a platform during one of the sessions at the Congress of the People on June 25 and June 26, 1955, in Kliptown, Johannesburg. The Freedom Charter was adopted at this Congress. The Freedom Charter was the statement of the core principles of the South African Congress Alliance developed after wide consultation with people from all over South Africa. The Congress Alliance consisted of the African National Congress (ANC) and its allies the South African Indian Congress (SAIC), the South African Congress of Democrats (SACOD) and the Coloured People`s Congress (CPC). Sublocation: Kliptown City: Johannesburg Province or State: Transvaal (now Gauteng) Country: South Africa Date Created: 25-06-1955 Creator: ANC Archives Credit Notice: Eli Weinberg / ANC Archives / african.pictures Keywords:- Kliptown
- platform
- stage
- speaker
- speech
- address
- microphone
- delegates
- Congress of the People delegates
- crowd
- people
- Freedom Charter
- the people shall govern
- Congress Alliance
- African National Congress (ANC)
- ANC
- South African Indian Congress (SAIC)
- SAIC
- South African Congress of Democrats (SACOD)
- SACOD
- Coloured People’s Congress
- Coloured People Congress (CPC)
- anti-apartheid
- resistance
- freedom fighters
- equality
- equal rights
- politics
- political
- 1950s
- 25 June 1955
- Eli Weinberg
- ANC Archives