Leaflet advertising a demonstration at Manufacturers Hanover Bank on March 21 (Sharpeville Day). Manufacturers Hanover Trust (MHT) continues to do business with South African banks but fails to reinvest in low-income African-American and Hispanic communities in New York. Sharpeville Day is the 31st anniversary of a massacre at which 69 Black South Africans peacefully protesting their country's racist pass laws were murdered by the apartheid police; it is also the first anniversary of Namibia's independence. The leaflet demands an end to all economic ties to South Africa until South Africa becomes a non-racial democracy. It also demands that MHT bank on communities of color in New York, not on...
Leaflet advertising a demonstration at Manufacturers Hanover Bank on March 21 (Sharpeville Day). Manufacturers Hanover Trust (MHT) continues to do business with South African banks but fails to reinvest in low-income African-American and Hispanic communities in New York. Sharpeville Day is the 31st anniversary of a massacre at which 69 Black South Africans peacefully protesting their country's racist pass laws were murdered by the apartheid police; it is also the first anniversary of Namibia's independence. The leaflet demands an end to all economic ties to South Africa until South Africa becomes a non-racial democracy. It also demands that MHT bank on communities of color in New York, not on apartheid South Africa. The leaflet asks people to write to J. F. McGillicuddy, the CEO of MHT. Endorsers are: American Committee on Africa (ACOA); Church of St. Paul and St. Andrew; Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador; Citywide Responsible Banking Alliance: MHT; Educators Against Apartheid; Community Reinvestment Alliance; Immobilize Apartheid Coalition; Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility; Ruth Messinger, Manhattan Borough President; Metropolitan Council on Housing; Nelson Mandela Reception Committee; NY Anti-Apartheid Coordinating Council; NY Labor Committee Against Apartheid; Patrice Lumumba Coalition; Tri-State Coalition for Responsible Investment; Westchester People's Action Coalition. [Note on creator: The phone number on the leaflet is that of the ACOA.]
