Stop the Apartheid Rugby Tour

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Creator

Stop the Apartheid Rugby Tour

Place Created

New York, New York, United States

Date

August 1981

Type of Item

Mailing

Length/duration

2 pages

Description

Mailing about the tour of the South Africa's national rugby team, the Springboks, of the United States scheduled for September. The Springboks were invited by the American Rugby Football Union. In a victory of the campaign against the tour New York City Mayor Ed Kock reversed his position allowing the Springboks to use Downing Stadium on Randall's Island. The tour is at a time the Reagan Administration is describing apartheid South Africa as a "friendly nation." The Stop the Apartheid Rugby Tour coalition was formed by over fifty organizations in a common and vehement opposition to the apartheid rugby tour. 1. Don't Play Ball With Apartheid - Stop the Tour! 2. End U.S. Support for Apartheid!...

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Organization

Stop the Apartheid Rugby Tour

Coverage Africa

South Africa

Language

English

Digital Format

text/pdf

Rights Management

Used by permission of Africa Action, successor to the American Committee on Africa (ACOA), and Richard Lapchick, founder of the American Coordinating Committee for Equality in Sport and Society (ACCESS). Both ACOA and ACCESS were active in Stop the Apartheid Rugby Tour.