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The report says in December 1976 the Boston Coalition for the Liberation of Southern Africa received a grant of $900 from the Haymarket People's Fund. In the winter of 1977, much of the Coalition's activity focused on sale of the Krugerrand (South African gold coin) by the Merrill Lynch brokerage house. Coalition members met with community groups and showed the film "Last Grave at Dimbaza." The report the Coalition helped plan a conference on Boston's Fiscal Crisis and pointed out First National Bank of Boston's (FNBB) role in supporting the apartheid regime in South Africa. In the spring of 1977, the Coalition participated in a conference called by the American Friends Service Committee on Big Business and U.S. Foreign Policy; a representative of the African National Congress spoke at the Coalition's workshop at the conference. Shoes and clothing were collected at several locations in Boston and sent to Patriotic Front forces in Zimbabwe and Mozambique. A contact with the Clamshell Alliance produced a disclosure that a Massachusetts-based corporation was providing material support for the development of a nuclear power plan in South Africa. In the fall of 1977, students at several Massachusetts colleges and universities raised the issue of divesting university stock in corporations that do business or otherwise support the South African regime. The Caolition organized a speaking tour by a representative of the South African Congress of Trade Unions. After the dramatic death and protest of the police murder of Steven Biko, a group of Black media people in Boston formed the Steve Biko Memorial Committee. Contents: Introduction • Chronology of events • Conclusion

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Year-End Report: Boston Coalition for the Liberation on Southern Africa, 12/77

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