The knock on the door
Subtitle: the story of the Detainees' Parents Support Committee
By: Terry Shakinovsky and Sharon Cort ; with Lauren Segal
Contributors: Cort, Sharon, author; Segal, Lauren
Publisher: Picador Africa
Published: 2018
Place of publication: Johannesburg
Language: eng
Number of pages: 234
ISBN-13: 9781770105799; 9781770105805
Subjects: Civil rights; History; Detention of persons; Political action committees; Resistance to Government; Politics and government; Detainees' Parents Support Committee
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Foreword /  Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu. Part I. The knock on the door. 1. Two arrests; title: 2. The emergence of the DPSC; title: 3. Fighting back. Part II. In the belly of the beast. 4. Death in detention: Neil Aggett; title: 5. An end to negotiations; title: 6. The media; title: 7. We are part of something bigger; title: 8. The Vaal Uprising; title: 9. Forging a network. Part III. Revolt and repression. 10. State of emergency: 1985; title: 11. A new office: the one-stop shop; title: 12. The tea parties; title: 13. The doctors fight back; title: 14. The lawyers intervene. Part IV. 15. A second state of emergency; title: 16. The war on the children; title: 17. An emergency ward; title: 18. The state onslaught against the DPSC; title: 19. A woman's place is in the struggle; title: Part V. 20. Adapting once more; title: 21. Sidla ekhaya: we shall eat at home; title: 22. A cruel blow; title: Epilogue.