The document discusses apartheid in South Africa from 1940-1960. It defines apartheid as a system of racial segregation implemented by the Afrikaner National Party from 1948-1994 that made the white race supreme. The system had severe impacts on non-whites, especially blacks, including forced removal from lands and denial of voting rights. Apartheid ended in 1994 after Nelson Mandela was released from prison and became the first black president of South Africa, allowing blacks to vote for the first time.