TransAfrica
Alternate Names: TransAfrica Forum
Location: Washington, DC, United States
Duration: 1977 - 2015?
Newsletter(s):
TransAfrica Legislative Update,TransAfrica News,TransAfrica Forum Issue Brief,Transgram
TransAfrica was founded in July 1977 as an African American lobby on Africa and the Caribbean. Randall Robinson was the founding Executive Director, and he remained as President of the organization until 2001. On November 21, 1984, Robinson, Congressional delegate Walter Fauntroy, and Civil Rights Commissioner Mary Frances Berry were arrested at a...
TransAfrica was founded in July 1977 as an African American lobby on Africa and the Caribbean. Randall Robinson was the founding Executive Director, and he remained as President of the organization until 2001. On November 21, 1984, Robinson, Congressional delegate Walter Fauntroy, and Civil Rights Commissioner Mary Frances Berry were arrested at a sit-in at the office of South African Ambassador Fourie in Washington, D.C. Similar efforts followed at demonstrations outside South African embassy and consulates in other cities organized by what became the Free South Africa Movement. By the end of 1985, more than 3,000 people had been arrested in these protests. TransAfrica worked closely with the Congressional Black Caucus, which had been involved in its founding, in devising legislative strategy for the Comprehensive Anti-Apartheid Act of 1986. TransAfrica Forum began as an educational affiliate of TransAfrica; the TransAfrica Forum continues to be active. The mission of TransAfrica Forum is to serve as an educational and organizing center that encourages progressive viewpoints in the United States foreign policy arena and advocates justice for the people of Africa and the African Diaspora. It promotes solidarity with the oppressed and supports human rights, gender equity, democracy, and sustainable economic and environmental development practices in Africa and other countries where people of African descent reside.
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