Letter to Ambassador Franklin A. Sonn

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Creator

Benjamin M. Priestley; Black United Fund of Oregon

Place Created

Portland, Oregon, United States

Date

February 20, 1997

Type of Item

Correspondence

Length/duration

2 pages

Description

Letter to South African Ambassador Franklin A. Sonn asking to host a reception for President Mandela in the Portland African American community. The letter outlines the anti-apartheid activities of Portlanders Organized for South African Freedom (POSAF) including acts of civil disobedience that led the honorary South African Consulate in Portland to cease operations; cultural boycott activity related to Joe Henderson, Eartha Kitt and Tina Turner; annual anti-racist rallies including one with an ANC representative in Lost Angeles as a featured speaker; the role of POSAF in lobbying the Oregon State Legislature to divest holdings in South Africa; longshoreman did not cross a POSAF picket of a...

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Publisher

Black United Fund of Oregon

Organization

Portlanders Organized for Southern African Freedom

Coverage Africa

South Africa

Language

English

Digital Format

text/pdf

Rights Management

Used by permission of Benjamin M. Priestley.

Collection

Portland Anti-Apartheid Materials (Benjamin Priestley Collection)