This prescribed subject focuses on struggles for rights and freedoms in the mid-20th century. two case studies are prescribed, from two different regions of the world, and both of these case studies must be studied. the first case study explores the civil rights movement in the us between 1954 and the passing of the voting rights act in 1965. the second case study explores protests against apartheid in south africa. it focuses specifically on the years 1948-1964, beginning with the election of the national party in 1948 and
ending with the imprisonment of nelson mandela and his co-defendants following the rivonia trial in 1964.