African Activist Archive

Leaflet advertising an event on June 26 at SEIU Hall in San Francisco with guest speaker David Ndaba of the African National Congress (ANC) Mission to the United Nations and a cultural presentation. The leaflet says the South African Freedom Charter was unanimously adopted at the Congress of the People held in Kliptown, South Africa on June 26, 1955 (not 1985). Nearly 3,000 observers and 2,888 delegates representing the ANC, the South African Indian Congress, the South African Colored Peoples' Organization, and the Congress of Democrats (a white organization supporting the liberation movement) attended the event. The Freedom Charter represents the aspirations of all South Africans fighting for a free and just society. June 26 is now recognized internationally as South Africa Freedom Day. The leaflet mentions Dale Butler, Leo Robinson, ENTERTAINMENT DANCE AND NO-HOST BAR, J.J. Malone and his R and B Band, and SEIU (Service Employees International Union. The event is sponsored by the Coalition of Black Trade Unionists, ILWU Local 10 and SEIU Local 250 Southern Africa Support Committees, the San Francisco Anti-Apartheid Committee, the Third World Fund, the Southern Africa Freedom Committee, and SEIU Local 250.

African Activist Archive

CELEBRATE SOUTH AFRICA FREEDOM DAY

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