Copy of a letter to President Jimmy Carter from Deloris Griffith, Co-Chairperson, Steve Biko Memorial Committee. The letter expresses the dismay of the Steve Biko Memorial Committee at the Carter Administration's weak and vacillating policy towards the South African apartheid government. The U.S. has used its veto of economic sanctions at the United Nations to block effective action against South Africa. The letter requests that the United States government break diplomatic relations with South Africa, that all cultural exchanges cease, and that the Carter Administration stop underpinning the operations of U.S. corporations that are active in South Africa. The letter urges that the South...
Copy of a letter to President Jimmy Carter from Deloris Griffith, Co-Chairperson, Steve Biko Memorial Committee. The letter expresses the dismay of the Steve Biko Memorial Committee at the Carter Administration's weak and vacillating policy towards the South African apartheid government. The U.S. has used its veto of economic sanctions at the United Nations to block effective action against South Africa. The letter requests that the United States government break diplomatic relations with South Africa, that all cultural exchanges cease, and that the Carter Administration stop underpinning the operations of U.S. corporations that are active in South Africa. The letter urges that the South African Consulate in Chicago and all other Embassies, Consulates, and offices of the apartheid regime in the U.S. be closed.
