Report of Meeting: WMAQ/NB TV Offices, Merchandise Mart, Chicago, October 3, 1979

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Creator

South African Non-Racial Olympic Committee

Contributor

Dennis Brutus, Ellen Mark, Anthony Thompson, John Bellamy, Brad Berg

Place Created

Evanston, Illinois, United States

Date

October 3, 1979 or a possibly a little later

Type of Item

Report

Length/duration

1 page

Description

This report says letters of protest were handed to the General Manager and Vice-President, Mr. M. Newman, the Station Manager, Mr. Al Jerome and the Program Director, Mr. Richard Lobo of WMAQ/NBC te1evision at noon on October 3. The protest was against the televising of the Tate-Coetzee boxing match from apartheid South Africa on October 20th. Those handing in the protests were: Professor Dennis Brutus, President, South African Non-Racial Olympic Committee (SAN-ROC); Ellen Mark, Coordinator, Internationa1 Campaign Against Racism in Sport (ICARIS), Anthony Thompson, Coordinator, For Members Only (FM0), Northwestern University Black Student Organization; Brad Berg, Committee Member, South African...

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Organization

South African Non-Racial Olympic Committee

Coverage Africa

South Africa

Language

English

Digital Format

text/pdf

Rights Management

Used by permission of Dennis Brutus.