August 18, 1977 – Stephen Biko Arrested

Stephen Biko
Considered by many the martyr of the anti-apartheid movement in South Africa, Stephen Biko was arrested on August 18, 1977. Biko, the founder of the Black Consciousness Movement in South Africa died in police custody. He gave Black South Africans through his leadership and writings a sense of empowerment and encouragement in the midst of South Africa’s systematic racism. Bantu Stephen Biko was born on December 18, 1946 in King William’s Town, South Africa.
![By Bfluff (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons South Africa East London City Hall 2](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/South_Africa_East_London_City_Hall_2.jpg/512px-South_Africa_East_London_City_Hall_2.jpg)
This view shows the memorial to Steve Biko in the foreground and the War Memorial in the bottom right corner at the South Africa East London City Hall.
Stephen Biko’s last interview.