PRESS STATEMENT

POSAF Press Conference

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Creator

Portlanders Organized for Southern African Freedom

Place Created

Portland, Oregon, United States

Date

Late May, 1985

Type of Item

Press Release

Length/duration

1 page

Description

Press release announcing press conference on May 22, 1985, and a demonstration in front of the Pacific Maritime Association (PMA) because it refused to expel two steamship members, Nedlloyd-Kimberly and Zimm, which are the largest carriers of South African goods. The press release says POSAF will be demonstrating simultaneously with other West Coast Anti-Apartheid groups in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Oakland, and Seattle. The press release says locally the POSAF action has been endorsed by the American Friends Service Committee, Oregon Rainbow Coalition, Black United Front, and the Portland Labor Committee on Central America and the Caribbean. The press release says contact Avel Gordly. [Note:...

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Organization

Portlanders Organized for Southern African Freedom

Coverage Africa

South Africa

Language

English

Digital Format

text/pdf

Rights Management

Used by permission of former members of Portlanders Organized for Southern African Freedom.

Collection

Elizabeth Ussher Groff collection of Portland Anti-Apartheid material, Michigan State University Libraries Special Collections