Coalition Against Apartheid (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Coalition Against Apartheid (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Location: Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Duration: 1985-early 1990s
The Coalition Against Apartheid was a student group at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) that was formed in April 1985. It campaigned for MIT to divest from companies doing business in South Africa. In April 1990, the Coalition's protests resulted in the arrest of 32 people, most of them students. (Source: "Students rally...
The Coalition Against Apartheid was a student group at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) that was formed in April 1985. It campaigned for MIT to divest from companies doing business in South Africa. In April 1990, the Coalition's protests resulted in the arrest of 32 people, most of them students. (Source: "Students rally against apartheid", letter to the Editor by Gretchen Ritter, The Tech, online edition, April 30, 1985; various articles, The Tech, April 10, 1990; and "Arrests At MIT" [photo] and "10 injured at MIT rally urging stock divestment",The Boston Globe, April 7, 1990.)
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