Press release announcing plans for a picket protesting the unloading of a South African ship, the African Pioneer, at Port Authority Pier 6 in Brooklyn on October 9. The press release says the organizers hope Brooklyn longshoreman will not cross the picket line. The picket is part of a campaign to urge the U.S. government to impose trade and diplomatic sanctions on South Africa. The press release discusses a resolution passed at the 1961 AFL-CIO Convention, in which the International Longshoremen's Association participated, calling for U.S. economic sanctions and the possibility of trade unionists refusing to handle South African goods.
Publisher
American Committee on Africa; Congress of Racial Equality
