Steve Biko Coalition for Full Divestment
Steve Biko Coalition for Full Divestment
Location: Berkeley, California, United States
Duration: April 1985 - Summer 1985 but did not function much past May
Steve Biko Coalition for Full Divestment was the name given to the overall movement during a sit-in started by the Campaign Against Apartheid on the steps outside Sproul Hall in April by students at the University of California, Berkeley. It was not really an organization. The sit-in was part of a campaign to get the University of California to divest...
Steve Biko Coalition for Full Divestment was the name given to the overall movement during a sit-in started by the Campaign Against Apartheid on the steps outside Sproul Hall in April by students at the University of California, Berkeley. It was not really an organization. The sit-in was part of a campaign to get the University of California to divest from companies doing business in South Africa. Those conducting the sit-in renamed Sproul Plaza to Biko Plaza. (Source: William Nessen who was active in the anti-apartheid movement at the University of California, Berkeley.)
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