THE US GOVERNMENT'S BOND WITH THE RACIST APARTHEID REGIME OF SOUTH AFRICA

South Africa's apartheid regime, which lasted from 1948 until 1994, was a brutal system of institutionalized racial segregation and discrimination that denied black South Africans political and economic rights. During this period, the United States grappled with how best to respond to this violation of human rights. I explore the US response to apartheid and how it evolved over time.