hite people held political control with the majority of people living in South Africa having little or no real representation in government, which included the right to vote ("Resistance to, " 2000, para.1).
             Americans right to vote also came after years of struggle. In the early days only a few Americans had the right to vote, except blacks, white women, and those persons who were not landowners or taxpayers (Amamoo & Leiterman, 2000, para.8). Over the years, states began to eliminate property ownership, the payment of taxes, and one's religious beliefs, as prerequisites to voting. By 1850, these barriers were obsolete in all states, but other significant barriers, specifically race and/or gender, remained. It would take almost one hundred years and several amendments to the Constitution before these barriers were abolished (2000 para.9). The Fifteenth Amendment to the Constitution granted all blacks the right to vote (2000, para.10).
             Before apartheid became the official policy, South African had a long history of racial segregation. The African National Congress (ANC) was formed in 1912 as a nonviolent civil rights organization that worked to promote the interest of Black Africans ("Resistance to, " 2000, para.2).
             In the 1950's the ANC was reborn under the leadership of then president Albert Lutuli an
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