ABSTRACT
Welcome, Sisters and Brothers. It's great to see so many people here. I'm going to start off with an announcement. Today is also Soweto Solidarity Day. On June 16, 1976, South African police fired on a demonstration of unarmed school children in the black township of Soweto, setting off a massive wave of protest. Within a few months, over 1000 blacks had been killed, many more wounded or detained. But the tide of South African history has turned with these events. The black majority is more determined than ever to free itself from racist oppression.
