Two Africans' Ordeal in Delaware

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Creator

George M. Houser; Africa Defense and Aid Fund; American Committee on Africa

Place Created

New York, New York, United States

Date

Undated, about November 1975

Type of Item

Article

Length/duration

2 pages

Description

Reprint of an article that appeared in the October 29, 1975 issue of The Christian Century. The article says last June an incident involving a Delaware restaurant's refusal to serve one of two Africans resulted in the arrest of both men. This month a Dover judge fined one of the men $350, plus almost $6so in court costs. The article discusses Tapson Mawere, Synos Mangazva , Rhodesia, American racism, Continental Trailways, beer, a policeman in plainclothes, third-degree assault, disorderly conduct, resisting arrest, obstructing police, public intoxication, Wilbert Cooper, the NAACP, William Hoffman of the Delaware State News, the State Department, Governor Sherman W. Tribbitt, Conrad Lynn,...

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Publisher

American Committee on Africa

Organization

American Committee on Africa

Coverage Africa

Zimbabwe

Language

English

Digital Format

text/pdf

Rights Management

Used by permission Africa Action (successor to the American Committee on Africa).

Collection

Private collection of David Wiley and Christine Root