Steve+bIKO

1.Biko was born in [|King Williams Town], in the [|Eastern Cape] province of [|South Africa] 2.He was initially involved with the multiracial [|National Union of South African Students], but after he became convinced that Black, [|Indian] and [|Coloured] students needed an organization of their own, he helped found the [|South African Students' Organisation] (SASO) in 1968, and was elected its first president. 3.In 1972 Biko became honorary president of the [|Black People's Convention]. 4.He was [|banned] during the height of apartheid in March 1973, meaning that he was not allowed to speak to more than one person at a time, was restricted to certain areas, and could not make speeches in public. 5.When Biko was banned, his movement within the country was restricted to the Eastern Cape, where he was born.