Chicago Committee for a Free Africa
Chicago Committee for a Free Africa
Alternate Names: Organizing Committee for a New African Liberation Support Committee, New Chicago African Liberation Support Committee
Location: Chicago, Illinois, United States
Duration: Unknown, 1977?-?, the organization existed in 1978
The Chicago Committee for a Free Africa was founded about 1977 as the Chicago Chapter of the Organizing Committee for a New African Liberation Support Committee. In February 1978 it left the Organizing Committee for a New African Liberation Support Committee and became the New Chicago African Liberation Support Committee. In September 1978 it changed...
The Chicago Committee for a Free Africa was founded about 1977 as the Chicago Chapter of the Organizing Committee for a New African Liberation Support Committee. In February 1978 it left the Organizing Committee for a New African Liberation Support Committee and became the New Chicago African Liberation Support Committee. In September 1978 it changed its name to the Chicago Committee for a Free Africa. The organization was involved in the campaign to get Northwestern University to divest from companies doing business in South Africa and a campaign against the sale of the South African gold coin the Krugerrand by Chicago banks. (Source: Sell the Stock: The Divestiture Struggle at Northwestern University and Building the Anti-Imperialist Movement, Chicago Committee for a Free Africa, October 1978.)
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