The press release says the Free South Africa Movement will sponsor a protest rally on December 20, 1984 in Detroit, in support of the daily arrests at the Washington, D.C. South African Embassy and continued demonstrations throughout the country. The protest will be led by several prominent Detroit Black leaders, including Congressman George W. Crockett, Jr., Congressman John Conyers, Jr., Mayor Coleman A. Young, State Representative Nelson Saunders, City Council President Erma Henderson, UAW Vice President Marc Stepp, Civil Rights Pioneer Rosa Parks, UAW President Owen Beiber, and Detroit TransAfrica President Margaret Baylor. The rally, organized by TransAfrica and several area organizations,...
The press release says the Free South Africa Movement will sponsor a protest rally on December 20, 1984 in Detroit, in support of the daily arrests at the Washington, D.C. South African Embassy and continued demonstrations throughout the country. The protest will be led by several prominent Detroit Black leaders, including Congressman George W. Crockett, Jr., Congressman John Conyers, Jr., Mayor Coleman A. Young, State Representative Nelson Saunders, City Council President Erma Henderson, UAW Vice President Marc Stepp, Civil Rights Pioneer Rosa Parks, UAW President Owen Beiber, and Detroit TransAfrica President Margaret Baylor. The rally, organized by TransAfrica and several area organizations, will protest the recent jailing of Black South African union leaders and the racist apartheid policy of the South African government and the United States' policies of "constructive engagement" and "quiet diplomacy." Contacts are Akua Budu or Theresa Chatman.
