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The Congress of the People and the Freedom Charter in South Africa.

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The Congress of the People and the Freedom Charter in South Africa.
- In 1952, Albert Sisulu became the president of the organization and presided over the ‘congress of the people’ which adopted the ‘Freedom Charter’ on June 25 and June 26 1955.
- The congress drew 3,000 delegates from:
- The black (the ANC).
- White (the Congress of Democrats).
- Indian and coloured (the the SA Coloured People's Congress) political organizations.
- The multiracial South African Congress of Trade Unions (SACTU).
- The Freedom Charter emphasized that South Africa should be a non-racial society with no particular group assumed to have special rights or privileges.