DEMONSTRATE Stop Banking ON Apartheid

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Creator

Southern Africa Support Committee; Stop Banking on Apartheid

Place Created

Pasadena, California, United States

Date

March 1980

Type of Item

Leaflet

Length/duration

1 page

Description

Leaflet advertising picket and demonstration at eight branches of Bank of America on March 21, 1980. The leaflet says Bank of America, largest bank in the U.S., helps stabilize the racist, exploitive system of South Africa; B of A has numerous times helped bailout the South African government from financial crises, two of which occurred when Black South Africans challenged the system of apartheid -- Sharpeville (1960) and Soweto (1976). The leaflet says March 21, 1980 has been set as a National Day of Action against bank loans to South Africa and an International Day of Action Against Apartheid. On that day, people in the U.S. will join a worldwide effort to express opposition to bank loans...

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Publisher

Southern Africa Support Committee

Organization

Southern Africa Support Committee

Coverage Africa

South Africa

Language

English

Digital Format

text/pdf

Rights Management

Used by permission of a former member of the Southern Africa Support Committee.

Collection

Carol B. Thompson and Bud Day Papers on Southern Africa, Michigan State University Libraries Special Collections