Mailing to anti-apartheid activists on college and university campuses. The cover letter says the 1987 National Weeks of Anti-Apartheid Action (March 21-April 6) come at a critical time, given the level of protest and repression in South Africa and the white regime's aggression throughout the region. The letter says since 1979, Spring Weeks of Action have increased the overall impact of the anti-apartheid movement while allowing for maximum flexibility; last year's Weeks of Action were particularly critical in helping to spur campus militancy and to fuel the growing public fund divestment campaigns and momentum for sanctions. The mailing includes a leaflet 1987 NATIONAL WEEKS OF ANTI-APARTHEID...
Mailing to anti-apartheid activists on college and university campuses. The cover letter says the 1987 National Weeks of Anti-Apartheid Action (March 21-April 6) come at a critical time, given the level of protest and repression in South Africa and the white regime's aggression throughout the region. The letter says since 1979, Spring Weeks of Action have increased the overall impact of the anti-apartheid movement while allowing for maximum flexibility; last year's Weeks of Action were particularly critical in helping to spur campus militancy and to fuel the growing public fund divestment campaigns and momentum for sanctions. The mailing includes a leaflet 1987 NATIONAL WEEKS OF ANTI-APARTHEID ACTION on the back of which is LOCAL CONTACTS FOR 1987 NATIONAL WEEKS OF ANTI-APARTHEID ACTION. The mailing also includes a leaflet FRIDAY APRIL 3 AND SATURDAY APRIL 4, 1987: NATIONAL PROTEST DAYS FOR SANCTIONS AND DIVESTMENT IN COMMEMORATION OF MARTIN LUTHER KING and a brochure with "APPEAL FOR ACTION AGAINST APARTHEID" jointly issued by Martin Luther King, Jr. and Chief Albert J. Lutuli on Human Rights Day, 10 December 1962 and CALL FOR AN INTERNATIONAL BOYCOTT OF APARTHEID SOUTH AFRICA statement by the late Reverend-Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. at a meeting at Hunter College, New York City, on Human Rights Day 10 December 1965. The mailing discusses IBM (International Business Machines), General Motors (GM), Coca-Cola (Coke), fundraising dances for Namibian refugees, Black townships, UNITA, Central American solidarity groups, Archbishop Romero, Solomon Mahlangu, the African National Congress (ANC), political prisoners, detainees, and domestic racism.
