Interview of Gerald Bennett who was a member of the Southern African Liberation Committee (SALC) at Michigan State University (MSU) by Erik Ponder of Michigan State University Library. Bender and Ponder discuss Zimbabwe and the first election, President Reagan, the linkage issue with Angola, Cubans, Bed Day, Carol Thompson, Bill Derman, the selective buying campaign, the East Lansing City Council, not buy from companies operating in South Africa, networks, schools, churches, the MSU Board of Trustees, divest, showing films, literature, John McGoff, an agent for South Africa, divestiture, the University of Michigan, Republican Trustee Aubrey Radcliffe, Democrat Blanche Martin, black board...
Interview of Gerald Bennett who was a member of the Southern African Liberation Committee (SALC) at Michigan State University (MSU) by Erik Ponder of Michigan State University Library. Bender and Ponder discuss Zimbabwe and the first election, President Reagan, the linkage issue with Angola, Cubans, Bed Day, Carol Thompson, Bill Derman, the selective buying campaign, the East Lansing City Council, not buy from companies operating in South Africa, networks, schools, churches, the MSU Board of Trustees, divest, showing films, literature, John McGoff, an agent for South Africa, divestiture, the University of Michigan, Republican Trustee Aubrey Radcliffe, Democrat Blanche Martin, black board members, prudent, withdrawal, investments, students, faculty, church leaders, politicians, Michigan Representative Perry Bullard, bills for the state to divest, the Coke boycott, the 1980s, the state of emergency, activism, Denver, the University of Memphis (Memphis State University), the Mid-South Peace and Justice Center, apartheid, Frank Beeman and Patricia Beeman, ACORN (Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now), researcher for the Pennsylvania Department of Education, the Janus decision, Vietnam, being black in the United States, Nelson Mandela, 1994, Harrisburg, raising money, the union, police, and jobs.
