African Activist Archive

Contents: Present • 1. Nominating Committee report • 2. Financial report - Ben Peterson • 3. Termination of Prexy Nesbitt's work in Chicago and postponement of Charles Hightower's trip to Africa • 4. Alan Paton was in New York; Joel Carlson was at a public meeting at the Church Center for the UN. • 5. The large anti-apartheid vote (166) against the South African sugar quota • 6. A protest planned against Gary Player in New Jersey where he will give an exhibition on a public golf course on June 21 • 7. Dinner proposed for Bingham/Diggs • 8. The International Court opinion on Namibia is due on June 21 • Jennifer Davis and Joel Carlson appeared before the Sub-Committee on Africa; Davis testified about the U.S. sale of light planes and helicopters to South Africa. ACOA is working with a local protest group in Scotch Plains on Gary Player protest. The NAACP-Boston policy of protest against South Africans appearing in golf and tennis professional matches was supported. The minutes mention Frederick Schwarz, Elizabeth (Betsy) Landis, Andrew Norman, Tim Smith, Lydia Williams, George Houser, Janet Hooper, Presbyterians, lobbying, September 25 (Mozambique National Day), PAIGC, SWAPO, Amilcar Cabral, a press conference, and Charles Diggs. [Notes: Khan most likely is Sharfudine Khan.]

African Activist Archive

Steering Committee Minutes: June 17, 1971

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