Program for a memorial service for Mfanafuthi Johnstone Makhathini at Canaan Baptist Church of Christ in Harlem on December 16, 1988. Contents: THE OBITUARY • PRELUDE • THE SERVICE OF MEMORY and CELEBRATION • The Lessons of Scripture • Payer of Consolation • Special Music • TRIBUTES • U.S. Anti-Apartheid Movement • The American Labor Movement • United States Support Groups • Activist Community • The U.S. Political Arena • MUSICAL TRIBUTE • INTERNATIONAL TRIBUTES • AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS TRIBUTE • THE NATIONAL HYMN N'KOSI SIKELELA AFRICA • THE BENEDICTION • HONORARY MEMBERS • The obituary was prepared by the African National Congress. Popularly known as...
Program for a memorial service for Mfanafuthi Johnstone Makhathini at Canaan Baptist Church of Christ in Harlem on December 16, 1988. Contents: THE OBITUARY • PRELUDE • THE SERVICE OF MEMORY and CELEBRATION • The Lessons of Scripture • Payer of Consolation • Special Music • TRIBUTES • U.S. Anti-Apartheid Movement • The American Labor Movement • United States Support Groups • Activist Community • The U.S. Political Arena • MUSICAL TRIBUTE • INTERNATIONAL TRIBUTES • AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS TRIBUTE • THE NATIONAL HYMN N'KOSI SIKELELA AFRICA • THE BENEDICTION • HONORARY MEMBERS • The obituary was prepared by the African National Congress. Popularly known as "Johnny," Makatini was Director of the ANC's Department of International Affairs and a long-standing member of the National Executive Committee. Makatini died after complications from a diabetic condition. Organizations listed in the program are the National Council of Churches, the United Methodist Church, the United Church Of Christ, Local 1199 - Dennis Rivera, District Council 37 - Stanley Hill, Local 420 AFSCME - James Butler, District Council 65 UAW - Cleveland Robinson, Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union - Davis Dyson, United Mine Workers of America - Richard Trumka, International Brotherhood of Teamsters - Dan Kane, Coalition of Black Trade Unions - Jim Bell, Coalition of Labor Union Women - Joan Cohen, Women for Racial and Economic Justice - Cecilia McCall, Women's International League for Freedom and Peace - Vinnie Burrows, SANE - FREEZE - William Sloane Coffin, US Peace Council - Michael Meyerson, National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression - Frank Chapman, Mobilization for Survival, Mobil Out of South Africa Coalition -Donna Katzin, Coalition for a Free Southern Africa (Columbia University) - Tanaquil Jones, Communist Party of the United States of America - Charlene Mitchell, National Conference of Black Lawyers - Wilhelm Joseph, Puerto Rican Socialist Party - Jose Soler, All Peoples Congress - Larry Holmes, and the National Alliance of Third World Journalists. Individuals listed in the program are Rev. Ben Chavis, Assemblyman Roger Green, Senator David Patterson, Assemblyman Jerry Nadler, Ruby Dee, Ossie Davis, Pete Seeger, Haywood Burns, David Lampell, Hon. Percy Sutton, Gil Noble, Congressman Major Owens, Congressman Edolphus Towns, Councilman Wendell Foster, Congressman Charles Rangel, Councilwoman Ruth Messinger, Councilman Jose Rivera, Harry Belafonte, and Steven van Zandt. The program mentions Adams College, Natal University, Mzinyathi in the Inanda area, Joseph Jack, Nelson Mandela, Dar es Salaam, Morocco, Marcelino dos Santos of Mozambique, Dr. Agostinho Neto of Angola, Amilcar Cabral of Guinea Bissau, Algeria, Robert Resha, freedom fighters, the Pan-African Youth movement, the PLO, the United Nations, Reverend Jesse Jackson, Wyatt Tee Walker, Bishop Norman Quick, Canon Frederick B. Williams, Dr. M. William Howard, Voices of Canaan, C. Eugene Cooper, Jennifer Davis, Cleveland Robinson, Lennox Hinds, Elombe Brath, Hon. David Dinkins, Dollar Brand, Theo-Ben Guirab, the South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO), His Excellency Lt. General Peter Dingi Zuze, the African Group of Ambassadors, His Excellency Major General Joseph Garber, the U.N. Special Committee Against Apartheid, Tebogo Mafole, the Sechaba Singers, Max Sisulu, Archie Singham, Solly Simelane, and Judith Price.
