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The memorandum reports on action taken concerning South Africa's and Rhodesia's official presence at the 1976 Federation Cup international women's tennis matches in Philadelphia. Beth Perry coordinated the work of AFSC's International Division and Peace Education Division on this issue. An ad hoc group called the Federation Cup Action Group for Justice in Southern Africa (Action Group) was formed to oppose the official presence of these two teams. The Action Group, together with the Coalition to Stop Rhodesian and South African Imports and the Nation Anti-Imperialist Movement in Solidarity with African Liberation (NAIMSAL), held a peaceful protest at the site of the tennis match. The memo discusses the role of Dennis Brutus and the South African Non-Racial Olympic Committee, Ray Gould of the American Committee on Africa (ACOA), and Vince Klingler. • The issue • The object • A catalyst • Sequence of Events • Costs • Open Letter on Race Supremacist Representation in the Federation Cup 1976 • PENNSYLVANIA HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSIONS STATEMENT ON THE FEDERATION CUP 1976

African Activist Archive

Action on South Africa and Rhodesia's presence in the Federation Cup tennis matches

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