Morningside Heights Committee on South Africa
Morningside Heights Committee on South Africa
Location: New York, New York, United States
Duration: Existed in 1966 and 1967
The Morningside Heights Committee on South Africa was apparently founded by Union Theological Seminary students who opposed apartheid. The students campaigned to get Union Theological Seminary to end its ties to First National City Bank because of the bank's loans to the South African government. The co-chairmen were Dave Hornbeck and Chuck Powers...
The Morningside Heights Committee on South Africa was apparently founded by Union Theological Seminary students who opposed apartheid. The students campaigned to get Union Theological Seminary to end its ties to First National City Bank because of the bank's loans to the South African government. The co-chairmen were Dave Hornbeck and Chuck Powers in 1976 until they graduated. Carl D. Schneider was chairman in January 1967. (Source: Letter to Mr. Irwin and Members of the Board of Directors, January 8. 1967, signed by Mr. Jack Quigley, Chairman, Union Ad Hoc Committee on South Africa; Mr. Mac Hulslander, Chairman, Social Action Committee on South Africa; Mr. Carl D. Schneider, Chairman, Morningside Heights Committee on South Africa; and Mr. Peter H. Johnson, President, Student Cabinet.)
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