Steve Biko (1946-1977), a political activist and writer, is regarded as the father of the Black Consciousness movement in the Union of South Africa. Stephen Bantu Biko (a. k. a. Bantu Stephen Biko) was born in King Williamstown, Cape Province, South...

Biko, Stephen SOUTH AFRICAN ACTIVIST 1946–1977 A prominent anti-apartheid activist, Stephen Biko is known principally for his work in raising self-consciousness and pride among South African blacks. His tragic and brutal death in police custody...

Steve Bantu Biko (18 December 1946 – 12 September 1977) was a noted anti-apartheid activist in South Africa in the 1960s and early 1970s. A student leader, he later founded the Black Consciousness Movement which would empower and mobilize much of...

Philadelphia Tribune, The 01-19-1999 Deny amnesty to the killers of Steve Biko Justice may finally be served to the memory of antiapartheid leader Steve Biko. Last week authorities announced that the South African policemen who killed Biko might be tried for...

Although D.C. Mayor Marion Barry has proclaimed Sept. 6 through 12 "Steve Biko Week," it is unlikely that the 10th anniversary of the death of the black South African martyr will receive the kind of attention that is due. Biko, after all, was...

T-shirts bearing the image of Steve Biko, the symbol of black resistance worldwide who was killed by apartheid police, can be found for sale at flea market stalls and exclusive boutiques across South Africa.The question is whether the latest fashion is a sign the post-apartheid...

Descendants of Martin Luther King and Mohandas K. Gandhi joined others Friday in offering their thoughts on solving some of the world's most intractable problems.King's daughter said the key to promoting racial harmony, delivering economic justice to the poor and fighting global terrorism was to...

In 1977 stephen Bantu Biko was murdered by south African Security police while he was being interrogated. In 1974 antinuclear activist karen Silkwood died while on her way to a local meeting to discuss problems at the plant wherre sheworked. This essay examines the cruelty involved in both of these cases and what can be learned from it.

Steven Biko had been one of the many black people faced discrimination. Biko faced discrimination in many ways such as being emotionally stressed, politically harmed, and physically tortured.