The leaflet discusses the Soweto student uprising on June 16, 1976. This peaceful protest was met with tear gas, machine gun and semi-automatic weapons fire, sparking weeks of unrest in South Africa in which at least 600 people died and thousands were injured by South African police and paramilitary forces. The mailing says that, to commemorate the anniversary of the Soweto Uprising, the Washington Office on Africa, the legislative and research arm of the Free South Africa Movement, is organizing a South Africa Freedom Sunday. Key elements of the event are a memorial service, national postcard campaign, and coordinated national call-in campaign to help pass S 635, the Anti-Apartheid Act of...
The leaflet discusses the Soweto student uprising on June 16, 1976. This peaceful protest was met with tear gas, machine gun and semi-automatic weapons fire, sparking weeks of unrest in South Africa in which at least 600 people died and thousands were injured by South African police and paramilitary forces. The mailing says that, to commemorate the anniversary of the Soweto Uprising, the Washington Office on Africa, the legislative and research arm of the Free South Africa Movement, is organizing a South Africa Freedom Sunday. Key elements of the event are a memorial service, national postcard campaign, and coordinated national call-in campaign to help pass S 635, the Anti-Apartheid Act of 1985 sponsored by Senators Kennedy and Weicker. The mailing includes an order form for legislative and information packets about South Africa, "The Struggle for Justice in South Africa and Here at Home - American Steel Jobs and South Africa," and AMANDLA, an audio-visual presentation of the history of the freedom struggle.
