West Virginia Coalition Against Apartheid
West Virginia Coalition Against Apartheid
Location: Charleston, West Virginia, United States
Duration: Unknown, apparently mid to late 1985 - Unknown, existed in December 1987
The West Virginia Coalition Against Apartheid campaigned to get the state to divest from companies doing business in South Africa. In May 1986 the Board of Investment voted to withdraw state investments from companies operating in South Africa or Namibia. Carol Sharlip was co-chair of the organization. (Source: "State group holds anti-apartheid...
The West Virginia Coalition Against Apartheid campaigned to get the state to divest from companies doing business in South Africa. In May 1986 the Board of Investment voted to withdraw state investments from companies operating in South Africa or Namibia. Carol Sharlip was co-chair of the organization. (Source: "State group holds anti-apartheid rally" Bluefield Daily Telegraph, October 13, 1985; Letter to the Editor from Carol Sharlip in The Hinton News, December 22, 1987; and Public investment and South Africa Newsletter, October 29, 1986, American Committee on Africa, available on this website.)
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