The Steve Biko Memorial Committee was formed shortly after Biko, a leader of the anti-apartheid movement and founder of the Black Consciousness Movement, was killed in police custody on September 12, 1977. The organization held a Steve Biko Memorial Meeting about November 1977 in Leverone Hall which is on the Evanston campus of Northwestern University....
The Steve Biko Memorial Committee was formed shortly after Biko, a leader of the anti-apartheid movement and founder of the Black Consciousness Movement, was killed in police custody on September 12, 1977. The organization held a Steve Biko Memorial Meeting about November 1977 in Leverone Hall which is on the Evanston campus of Northwestern University. South African exile Dennis Brutus was a founder and spokesperson. (Source: Steve Biko Memorial Committee documents on this website and
Short Biography of Irene Gale on the Have You Heard from Johannesburg website accessed January 10, 2013.)