ANTI-APARTHEID ACTIVIST TO SPEAK

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Creator

Hawaii Committee for Africa

Place Created

Honolulu, Hawaii, United States

Date

February 17, 1987

Type of Item

Press Release

Length/duration

1 page

Description

The press release says Joshua Nessen, national student organizer for the American Committee on Africa (ACOA), will speak on ''The Deteriorating Human Rights Situation in South Africa" at a public forum on the University of Hawaii (UH) Manoa Campus Center. A recent BBC documentary titled "Witness to Apartheid," which is banned in South Africa, also will be shown at the forum. It shows scenes of children being assaulted and abused by South African police. The press release says the forum is co-sponsored by the UH African Students Association, AFSC/Hawaii, the Hawaii Coalition for Divestment, the Hawaii Committee for Africa/UH, and the YWCA/Oahu; it is endorsed by the Hawaii Council of...

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Organization

Hawaii Committee for Africa

Coverage Africa

South Africa

Language

English

Digital Format

text/pdf

Rights Management

Used by permission of former members of the Hawaii Committee for Africa.

Collection

Joel Fischer and Renee Furuyama papers, Michigan State University Libraries Special Collections