Press release by State Representative Virgil Smith about a demonstration "Hands Around the Capital for South Africa" by dozens of civil rights, religious, labor organizations and many individuals on September 9 at the State Capital to show their opposition to apartheid in South Africa and their support for state legislation that would require public employee pension funds to divest of all holdings in companies that operate in South Africa. The press release includes a list of the numerous organizations that supported the demonstration and a one page report South Africa Divestiture that outlines the issue of divestment and South Africa, divestment legislation in Michigan and the...
Press release by State Representative Virgil Smith about a demonstration "Hands Around the Capital for South Africa" by dozens of civil rights, religious, labor organizations and many individuals on September 9 at the State Capital to show their opposition to apartheid in South Africa and their support for state legislation that would require public employee pension funds to divest of all holdings in companies that operate in South Africa. The press release includes a list of the numerous organizations that supported the demonstration and a one page report South Africa Divestiture that outlines the issue of divestment and South Africa, divestment legislation in Michigan and the financial implications of divestment.
