Birmingham Anti-Apartheid Movement Physical Archives
Organizational Archive
Title: Birmingham Anti-Apartheid Movement
Time Span: 1966 - 1994
Description: Much of the archive dates from the 1980s and early 1990s, when campaigns against apartheid began to reach a wider audience. Material relating to the campaign for a consumer boycott of goods from South Africa survives in the archive, and interestingly contains proofs of the leaflets handed out. As well as being in English, these leaflets were translated...
Description: Much of the archive dates from the 1980s and early 1990s, when campaigns against apartheid began to reach a wider audience. Material relating to the campaign for a consumer boycott of goods from South Africa survives in the archive, and interestingly contains proofs of the leaflets handed out. As well as being in English, these leaflets were translated into Urdu, Gujarati, Hindi, Bengali and Punjabi, in an attempt to appeal to all of the city's diverse communities. The archive contains detailed information on the relationship between the British Anti-Apartheid Movement and the Birmingham Anti-Apartheid Movement, and some of the fund-raising events organized in Birmingham to support the African National Congress (ANC), such as the yearly Soweto Walks, are highlighted.
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Housed at: Birmingham City Archives
Location: Central Library, Chamberlain Square, Birmingham, B3 3HQ, England , United Kingdom
Restrictions: Contact librarian in advance
Phone: (0) 121-303-4511 or (0) 121-303-4512 (Customer Services)
Reference Email: archives@birmingham.gov.uk
Related Website: http://www.birmingham.gov.uk/archives