Hector: A Boy, A Protest, and the Photograph that Changed ApartheidA Junior Library Guild Selection! On June 16, 1976, Hector Pieterson, an ordinary boy, lost his life after getting caught up in what was supposed to be a peaceful protest. Black South African students were marching against a new law requiring that they be taught half of their subjects in Afrikaans, the language of the White government. The storys events unfold from the perspectives of Hector, his sister, and the photographer who captured their photo