were designed to deprive all non-whites of power. Verwoerd's apartheid policy was based on the premise that there are four races in South Africa: White, Colored (Mixed), African, and Indian, and the whites, "as the civilized race, were entitled to have absolute control over the state" (Thompson, 1990, p. 190). Furthermore, Verwoerd and his followers claimed that the white population comprised a "single nation" of Afrikaners and English-speakers, whereas the African group was divided into ten small, powerless "nations." By keeping the Africans divided in this way, the National Party government developed "a formula that made the white nation the largest in the country" (Thompson, 1990, p. 190). Thus, South Africa's white minority was legally able to take complete control over the country. Another important event during Verwoerd's reign occurred in 1964, when Nelson Mandela, the leader of the African National Congress, was found guilty of treason and sentenced to life in prison. At the same time, the activities of the ANC and similar organizatio
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