Steve Biko Memorial Committee (Boston)
Steve Biko Memorial Committee (Boston)
Location: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Duration: Fall 1977 - Unknown
The Steve Biko Memorial Committee was formed in Fall 1977 by a group of Black media people after the death of Steve Biko in police custody in South Africa. The main activity of the Steve Biko Memorial Committee was protesting the sale of the South African gold coin the Krugerrand. The Steve Biko Memorial Committee worked with the Boston Coalition...
The Steve Biko Memorial Committee was formed in Fall 1977 by a group of Black media people after the death of Steve Biko in police custody in South Africa. The main activity of the Steve Biko Memorial Committee was protesting the sale of the South African gold coin the Krugerrand. The Steve Biko Memorial Committee worked with the Boston Coalition for the Liberation of Southern Africa on a picket and demonstration at the National Association of Broadcasters meeting in Boston to protest the advertising of the Krugerrand. The organization was apparently based in Boston. The organization only lasted for a few months. (Source: Year-End Report: Boston Coalition for the Liberation on Southern Africa, 12/77, Boston Coalition for the Liberation of Southern Africa, December 1977 available on this website; An Ounce of Love?, America Committee on Africa, December 1977 available on this website; and Political History of BLCSA, DRAFT 9/7/80)
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