Anti-apartheid movements

Scope and Contents This entry consists of a large number of documents, from pamphlets to full-fledged reports, that relate to Africa, specifically South Africa and its period of apartheid. Notable objects include a 75 page report by the United Nations Centre against Apartheid, published in 1983, which indexes 575 publications from 1967 to 1982, and a report on Nixon’s policy in South Africa by the Washington Office on Africa. The latter document discusses the interests held by the United States in South...

Scope and Contents Africa Research Group was an organization aiming to bring light to American involvement in Africa, taking an anti-imperialist stance against them. Included in the file are several publications distributed by ARG. The first, titled “Southern Africa,” documents and summarizes the human rights violation taking place under apartheid, as well as its ties to United States corporate and political interests. The second document discusses the role of the CIA in Africa, as well as domestically through...

Abstract Established in 1912, the African National Congress was created to provide a political avenue for the struggle for equality of Blacks in South Africa. Working in exile from 1960 until 1990, members of the ANC established foreign offices to continue the political work necessary to end apartheid in South Africa. The governing party since 1994, the ANC has established its archives at the University of Fort Hare, an historically Black institution. In March 1999, the ANC and the University of...

Abstract Established in 1912, the African National Congress was created to provide a political avenue for the struggle for equality of Blacks in South Africa. Working in exile from 1960 until 1990, members of the ANC established foreign offices to continue the political work necessary to end apartheid in South Africa. The governing party since 1994, the ANC has established its archives at the University of Fort Hare, an historically Black institution. In March 1999, the ANC and the University of...

Scope and Contents This publication, created by the African National Congress Women’s Section, titled “Voice of Women” was originally published as a special issue on International Women’s Year in 1975, with a particular focus on the World Conference of the International Women's Year. The publication discusses various issues related to women’s rights in Africa, including life under apartheid for women and their families, women’s emancipation, international disarmament, and the portrayal of women in media. Aside...

Abstract Research notes, interviews, and catalog cards on the South African liberation movement in the 1980s contributing to Stephen M. Davis' phd disseration at Tufts and its monograph publication in Apartheid's Rebels: Inside South Africa's Hidden War, 1987. Hand-written notes of interviews conducted in South Africa, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Lesotho, and Zambia in March-May, 1980. Hand-written notes and interviews for December 1983 Harper's...

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This folder contains materials pertaining to a variety of movements, with particular focus on anti-racism movements, the abuse suffered by miners in South Africa, gay rights, Libertarianism, and the sharply increasing fees for students at the University of Connecticut.