THERE IS NO PLACE FOR RACISM IN SPORT

View Full PDF in New Tab

Creator

American Committee on Africa

Place Created

New York, New York, United States

Date

February 1978

Type of Item

Mailing

Length/duration

1 page

Description

The mailing says a tennis team representing South Africa is scheduled to meet a U.S. team in international Davis Cup competition at Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee March 17-19. The United States Tennis Association (USTA) has long been a major ally of South Africa in the International Tennis Federation, which governs Davis Cup (male) and Federation Cup (female) play. South Africa has been barred from the Olympic Games since 1964. The mailing urges people to protest this match to President Carter (Washington, D.C. 20500), Secretary of State Cyrus Vance (Washington, D.C. 20520) and/or Ambassador Andrew Young (U. S. Mission to the U. N., New York, N.Y. 10017) urging the denial of visas...

View Full Description

Organization

American Committee on Africa

Coverage Africa

South Africa

Language

English

Digital Format

text/pdf

Rights Management

Used by permission Africa Action (successor to the American Committee on Africa).

Collection

Alan Zaslavsky Africa Collection, Michigan State University Libraries Special Collections