#OtD 16 Jun 1976 students in Soweto, South Africa took to the streets to protest the use of Afrikaans, which few Black people spoke. Police fired on the crowd and rioting quickly spread across the country, helping spur on the anti-apartheid struggle https://t.co/ppHOLvdHkg https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8803/soweto-riots?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon