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Like the ANC, the PAC opposes apartheid, but they employ different methods. They only have Black members (as opposed to ANC, who are multiracial), and they advocate for more aggressive actions. Mandela admires many elements of the PAC but also sometimes finds them frustrating.
Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) Quotes in Long Walk to Freedom
The Long Walk to Freedom quotes below are all either spoken by Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) or refer to Pan Africanist Congress (PAC). For each quote, you can also see the other terms and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 104
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Despite his seemingly progressive actions, Mr. de Klerk was by no means the great emancipator. He was a gradualist, a careful pragmatist. He did not make any of his reforms with the intention of putting himself out of power. He made them for precisely the opposite reason: to ensure power for the Afrikaner in a new dispensation. He was not yet prepared to negotiate the end of white rule.
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Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) Term Timeline in Long Walk to Freedom
The timeline below shows where the term Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) appears in Long Walk to Freedom. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Chapter 30
A new group called the Pan Africanist Conference (PAC) arises, with a specifically African perspective that contradicts ANC’s multiracial perspective. Despite this rivalry, Mandela...
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Chapter 33
...in other parts of Africa. ANC has planned an antipass protest for March 30, but PAC schedules one for March 21 and invites ANC to join. Mandela believes this is a...
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At one PAC protest in Sharpeville, police open fire, killing 69 African people, including women and children. Many...
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Chapter 47
...some at the conference worry about the lack of unity and coordination between ANC and PAC, but Mandela tries to reassure them that everyone is working toward a common cause. After...
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Chapter 52
...in prison and hopes to see him and put aside any competition between ANC and PAC. They and a couple other political prisoners get to speak briefly in the courtyard. Two...
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Chapter 80
...policy of focusing on Blackness rather than all races. Physical fights break out among ANC, PAC, and BCM, but Mandela tries to promote unity.
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Chapter 108
...Democratic South Africa (CODESA) begins. Although there are some issues with the talks, such as PAC boycotting them, Mandela believes they are a historic moment. On the first day, de Klerk...
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