African Activist Archive

Memorandum about planned protests against the participation of South African players in the United States Open Tennis Championships at Forest Hills August 11 to September 11. It says demonstrations are planned at the U.S. Tennis Association's office in New York on August 4 and at the tennis matches at Forest Hills in early September. The memo asks people to write to W.E. Hester, President of the U.S. Tennis Association, opposing inclusion of South Africa in the tournament at Forest Hills. The memorandum includes a copy of a letter to Hester from Richard E. Lapchick, Chairperson of ACCESS (American Coordinating Committee for Equality in Sport and Society) and Coordinator of IACEAS (International Advisory Commission to End Apartheid Sport). The memo also includes copies of selected newspaper articles: "Sports group aims to end apartheid" by Doug Smith, "Anti-Apartheid Protests Likely For Wimbledon" by Neil Amdur, "'ACCESS' To Combat Apartheid" by John Jeansonne, and "Coalition Set Up For Boycott of South Africa" by Neil Amdur.

African Activist Archive

Subject: South Africans and Tennis

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