Statement on South Africa & the Olympics

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Creator

Dennis Brutus; South African Non-Racial Olympic Committee

Place Created

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

Date

July 9, 1991

Type of Item

Press Release

Length/duration

5 pages

Description

The press release makes three points about the decision by the International Olympic Committee to admit South Africa into the Olympic movement: (1) the decision was premature and unwise; (2) conditions in South Africa were misrepresented by those who said that apartheid was abolished and that sports organizations in South Africa were united; and (3) only a minority of South African sportspeople will benefit while the majority will continue to suffer discrimination and racism because of the structures created by apartheid. Included with the press release are copies of letters faxed to Juan Antonio Samaranch, President, International Olympic Committee in Switzerland, and Robert Helmick, President,...

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Publisher

South African Non-Racial Olympic Committee

Organization

South African Non-Racial Olympic Committee

Coverage Africa

South Africa

Language

English

Digital Format

text/pdf

Rights Management

Used by permission of Dennis Brutus.

Collection

Selma Waldman collection on the Seattle Coalition Against Apartheid (SCCA), Michigan State University Libraries Special Collections