DAVEY MOORE: DON'T FIGHT IN SOUTH AFRICA!

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Creator

American Coordinating Committee for Equality in Sport and Society

Place Created

New York, New York, United States

Date

Later 1981 or early 1982

Type of Item

Petition

Length/duration

1 page

Description

Petition to boxer Davey Moore not fight in South Africa. The petition says Davey Moore is currently Junior Middleweight Champion of the world and as Champ he can certainly refuse to fight in a country who publicly treats fellow blacks so poorly. The petition says we, the undersigned, request that Davey Moore reconsider and show pride in being Black and show some compassion for the less fortunate Blacks in South Africa; Black athletes, with support of whites, must stick together strongly on this; they must demonstrate to the world that they are appalled by the treatment of Blacks in South Africa, and that no athlete, Black or white, should complete in South Africa until drastic, positive changes...

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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 E. Lapchick.

Collection

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