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Creator

American Coordinating Committee for Equality in Sport and Society

Place Created

Norfolk, Virginia, United States

Date

1977?

Type of Item

Press Release

Length/duration

3 pages

Description

Press release about the goal of ACCESS to contribute toward the end to apartheid in sport and its objective to end all sports competition between South Africa and the U.S. The press release says ACCESS recognizes that by ending US competition alone, South Africa would not be totally isolated; therefore, it has coordinated the International Advisory Commission to End Apartheid Sport; the Commission is chaired by Dennis Brutus, President of the South African Non-Racial Olympic Committee (SAN-ROC); Honorary Chairperson is Nigerian Ambassador to the United Nations, Leslie O. Harriman, who is Chairperson of the UN Special Committee Against Apartheid; Coordinator is Richard E. Lapchick. [Note: The...

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Organization

American Coordinating Committee for Equality in Sport and Society

Coverage Africa

South Africa

Language

English

Digital Format

text/pdf

Rights Management

Used by permission of Richard Lapchick, founder of the American Coordinating Committee for Equality in Sport and Society.

Collection

American Coordinating Committee for Equality in Sport and Society (ACCESS) papers, Michigan State University Libraries Special Collections