By May 8, 1970, Steve Biko and the South African Students\’ Organisation (SASO) had successfully catalyzed the Black Consciousness Movement. Advocating self-reliance, pride, and psychological liberation for Black South Africans, the movement grew rapidly amid apartheid repression. Biko’s philosophy argued that Black people had to overcome internalized inferiority to dismantle apartheid. The spirit of May 1970 captured a generational shift in tactics, moving beyond the multiracial coalitions of earlier decades to build Black-led power bases. The influence of Black Consciousness reverberated across Africa and inspired global anti-colonial and civil rights solidarity.
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