Today in history... December 18th, 1946, South African anti-apartheid activist and?black student leader Steve Biko was born in King William's Town, in the present-day Eastern Cape province of South Africa.
After years of as a leader in the anti-apartheid movement, inspirational writings and empowering activism, he would die at the very young age of?30 (just over a month before his 31st birthday) while in police custody - a death that would trigger international outrage, and make him a matyr?of the anti-apartheid movement.
A decade after his death, in 1987, Richard Attenborough?would direct the movie Cry Freedom, a biographical drama about Biko, starring Denzel Washington and Kevin Kline.
The film, while certainly well-intentioned, was essentially a Hollywood white-washing of the Apartheid-set story (business as usual). But it's a start if you must watch it. For his efforts, Denzel was nominated for the Best Supporting Actor Academy Award.
Also worth noting, in 1980, Peter Gabriel told the Steve Biko story in the track titled Biko, from his album, Peter Gabriel.
In memoriam, first, watch a rare televised interview with Steve Biko from German TV, sharing his views on creating a non-racial egalitarian society; second, watch the music video for Peter Gabriel's Biko; and finally, watch the trailer for Cry Freedom underneath:
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