The Hector Pieterson Memorial in Soweto honours school children who were murdered by apartheid police in June 1976. Mujahid Safodien/AFP via Getty Images. June 14, 2024 Students on the frontline: South Africa and the US share a history of protest against white supremacy Rico Devara Chapman, Jackson State University There has been a long history of resistance to white hegemony in the United States and South Africa.