[Artists and Athletes refusing to go to or perform in South Africa until apartheid is dismantled are being encouraged and commended in a bill …]

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Creator

Artists and Athletes Against Apartheid

Place Created

Washington, DC, United States

Date

Undated, about early July 1984

Type of Item

Press Release

Length/duration

1 page

Description

Congressman George W Crockett Jr. has introduced House Concurrent Resolution 336 expressing Congress' support for U.S. artists and athletes who decline to participate in South Africa because of apartheid. Executive committee members of Artists and Athletes Against Apartheid will be key witnesses at hearings planned in the early fall. The bill addresses South Africa's attempts to break its international cultural isolation by luring celebrities to Sun City, Bophuthatswana. Hazel Dean Ross is listed as the contact person. The press release mentions the State Department, recognition of "independent homelands," and UN resolutions that seek to mobilize cultural and sports personalities against...

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Organization

Artists and Athletes Against Apartheid

Coverage Africa

South Africa

Language

English

Digital Format

text/pdf

Rights Management

Used by permission of TransAfrica.

Collection

Miloanne Hecathorn papers, Michigan State University Library Special Collections