Mailing invites people to an organizing meeting on February 27 for African Liberation Day (ALD) 1982 (May 22) in New York City (NYC). This will be the tenth anniversary of the first ALD. The mailing discusses the perilous state of affairs of Black people in both South Africa and the United States. The Reagan administration is leading this assault, both at home and abroad, and the South African government is increasing its repression on the freedom fighters, through assassination and jailings. The Reagan administration calls South Africa "friendly nation" and vetoed the United Nations condemnation of South Africa for its invasion of Angola. The mailing calls for sanctions against South Africa,...
Mailing invites people to an organizing meeting on February 27 for African Liberation Day (ALD) 1982 (May 22) in New York City (NYC). This will be the tenth anniversary of the first ALD. The mailing discusses the perilous state of affairs of Black people in both South Africa and the United States. The Reagan administration is leading this assault, both at home and abroad, and the South African government is increasing its repression on the freedom fighters, through assassination and jailings. The Reagan administration calls South Africa "friendly nation" and vetoed the United Nations condemnation of South Africa for its invasion of Angola. The mailing calls for sanctions against South Africa, in line with the U.N. Committee Against Apartheid's call for 1982 to be the "International Year of Mobilization for Sanctions Against South Africa." Since ALD in 1972, thousands have rallied in cities across the U.S. to call for freedom for the people of South Africa as well as Black people in the U.S. The mailing includes a partial list of endorsers: William H. Booth, President, American Committee on Africa; Rev. Timothy Mitchell, Ebenezer Baptist Church; Mike Young, Communist Workers Party; Coalition of Concerned Black Women; Dr. Richard Lapchick, ACCESS (American Coordinating Committee for Equality in Sports and Society); Rev. Dr. Fred Williams, Church of the Intercessions; Rev. Dr. William A. Jones, National Black Pastors Conference; Ossie Davis; Ruby Dee; Riverside Church, Southern Africa Team; John Spearman, Black and Latin Workers Health and Safety Resource Center; and Rev. Alonzo Johnson, Chairman, Black Caucus, Union Theological Seminary. The mailing discusses racism, oppression, Black unemployment, a protest demonstration, mobilization, discriminatory schools, and voting rights.
