Program for the Detroit TransAfrica Benefit Reception on December 16, 1984. TransAfrica, incorporated in July, 1977, was formed to inform and organize popular opinion in the U.S. to achieve a more progressive U.S. foreign policy toward Africa and the Caribbean, and the peoples of African descent generally throughout the world. The program includes: Welcome by Margaret Baylor, President, Detroit TransAfrica Support Committee; Remarks by The Honorable Coleman A. Young; Marc Stepp, Vice President, International Union, UAW; Congressman John Conyers, Jr; and Congressman George C. Crockett, Jr.; Local Ovierview by Akua N. Budu, Political Coordinator, Detroit TransAfrica Support Committee; National...
Program for the Detroit TransAfrica Benefit Reception on December 16, 1984. TransAfrica, incorporated in July, 1977, was formed to inform and organize popular opinion in the U.S. to achieve a more progressive U.S. foreign policy toward Africa and the Caribbean, and the peoples of African descent generally throughout the world. The program includes: Welcome by Margaret Baylor, President, Detroit TransAfrica Support Committee; Remarks by The Honorable Coleman A. Young; Marc Stepp, Vice President, International Union, UAW; Congressman John Conyers, Jr; and Congressman George C. Crockett, Jr.; Local Ovierview by Akua N. Budu, Political Coordinator, Detroit TransAfrica Support Committee; National Perspective by Randall Robinson Executive Director, TransAfrica; Special Guest Denise Nichols, Artists and Athletes Against Apartheid; and Guest Speaker The Honorable Julian Bond; with incidental music by Kasufu Mafia Success Jazz Quartet. Thanks to these contributors: A. Philip Randolph Institute; Coalition of Black Trade Unionists (CBTU) of Detroit; New Detroit, Inc.; United Auto Workers (UAW); and Madison Madison International of Michigan, P.C.
