[Dear Bernie Dinkin: On June 21, the Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania will be holding one of their triannual meetings]

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Creator

Martin Luther King Jr. Anti-Apartheid Coalition; Penn Anti-Apartheid Coalition

Place Created

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Date

June 11, 1985

Type of Item

Correspondence

Length/duration

1 page

Description

Letter to Bernie Dinkin of ACTWU inviting him to speak at a demonstration outside the triannual meeting of the University of Pennsylvania Trustees on June 21. The Board has considered divesting stock from companies that do business in South Africa, but thus far it has refused to adopt a policy of total divestment. The letter says it was recently revealed that 13 of Penn's trustees are executive officers or board members 0f corporations that operate in South Africa. At the June 21 meeting, the Penn Anti-Apartheid Coalition and the Philadelphia Martin Luther King Anti-Apartheid Coalition intend to impress on the Trustees a clear message of opposition to their policies. They advocate total...

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Publisher

Penn Anti-Apartheid Coalition; Martin Luther King Jr. Anti-Apartheid Coalition

Organization

Martin Luther King Anti-Apartheid Coalition
Penn Anti-Apartheid Coalition

Coverage Africa

South Africa

Language

English

Digital Format

text/pdf

Rights Management

Used by permission of Patrick Hagopian, a former member of the Penn Anti-Apartheid Coalition and Catherine Blunt, a former member of the Martin Luther King Anti-Apartheid Coalition.

Collection

Private collection of Bernie Dinkin