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Interview with Ted Lockwood

Interview with Ted Lockwood

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Creator

Edgar Lockwood (Interviewee); David Goodman (Interviewer)

Contributor

William Minter

Place Created

Durham, North Carolina, United States

Date

November 16, 2004

Type of Item

Interview Transcript

Length/duration

23 pages

Description

A lawyer, Episcopal priest, and activist, Edgar (Ted) Lockwood was director of the Washington Office on Africa from 1972 to 1980. From 1983 to 1985, he served as a regional representative for the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) based in Zimbabwe. Lockwood discusses his work with Bill Johnston and Episcopal Churchmen for South Africa (ECSA) and being an observer at the trial of Dean Gonville ffrench-Beytagh, Anglican dean of the cathedral in Johannesburg, in 1971. Lockwood also discusses his work at the Washington Office on Africa to repeal the Byrd Amendment that allowed the importation of chrome and nickel from Rhodesia and being an election observer at Zimbabwe's 1980 independence...
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Organization

American Friends Service Committee
Washington Office on Africa

Coverage Africa

Mozambique
Namibia
South Africa
Zimbabwe
Tanzania
Zambia

Language

English

Digital Format

text/pdf

This interview was conducted as research for the book No Easy Victories: African Liberation and American Activists over a Half Century, 1950-2000. With assistance of Aluka (aluka.org), the interview was transcribed and prepared for presentation on the web. The transcript was reviewed by the interviewee, and an introduction was prepared by one of the editors of No Easy Victories. The transcript also is available on the No Easy Victories website. See: http://www.noeasyvictories.org

Rights Management

Used by permission of William Minter, Editor, No Easy Victories

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