Stephen Biko A Role Model for Social Activism

In 1969, Steve Biko and other black students frustrated with white leadership in multi-racial student organizations formed an exclusively black ... He knew the needs of the black community, and he believed in self-help. In 1975 he founded the Zimele Trust Fund to help political prisoners and their families, ... Listen in to our show commemorating Steve Biko, who was murdered in 1977 while in custody of the South African police. Biko was an anti-apartheid activist in ... Stephen Biko was a founder of the Black Consciousness Movement in South Africa. He was considered a martyr after his violent murder in prison. 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, ... On fourth installment, we are covering the legend, Steve Biko. Learning how we grew up and what was driving him. On Aug. 18, 1977, Biko was arrested at a police roadblock under the Terrorism Act in South Africa. He was murdered the next month while ... The activist had died in South African police custody. He was buried on September 25 1977. Biko's funeral went on for a long time, becoming an angry protest rally. The international criticism over Biko's death eventually prompted an ... 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.