Exploring the Impact of Stephen Biko A Voice for the Voiceless

A rare collection of 12 typed letters signed by Steve Biko, written to the Chief Magistrate of King William's Town between May 16, 1973 and July 19, 1977, ... Biko was elected the first president of the South African Students' Organisation (SASO) which evolved into the influential Black Consciousness Movement (BCM). Within this movement, he adopted the Black Panther Party's slogan “Black is beautiful “. He was a supporter of Martin Luther King's pacifist ... Biko who led the Black Consciousness Movement in the late 1960's rose to become the most vociferous voice of resistance in the country. Black Consciousness re-energised black opposition to apartheid and helped draw the world's attention to the brutality of South Africa's white minority rule. I Write What I Like contains a selection of Biko's writings from 1969, when he became the president of the South African Students' Organization, to 1972. Twenty years after an inquest magistrate ruled that no one was to blame for black consciousness leader Steve Biko's death in detention. As a civil rights activist in the 1960s and 1970s, South African Steve Biko is considered the father of black consciousness. Biko's funeral went on for a long time, becoming an angry protest rally. The international criticism over Biko's death eventually prompted an ... Steve Biko, founder of the Black Consciousness Movement in South Africa. His death from injuries suffered while in police custody made him ...