SOUTH AFRICAN AUTHOR TO SPEAK ON "TIMETABLE FOR FREEDOM"

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Creator

American Committee on Africa

Place Created

New York, New York, United States

Date

November 19, 1955

Type of Item

Press Release

Length/duration

1 page

Description

The press release announces that Peter Abrahams, South African author of Tell Freedom and Mine Boy, will speak at The Community Church of New York about "Timetable for Freedom in South Africa." The welcoming address will be delivered by Congressman Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., who will announce the sending of the first $1,000 raised by the Project Fund of the American Committee on Africa for education in South Africa. The money will be directed to the Reverend Trevor Huddleston of the Anglican Church in South Africa for use by St. Peter's Mission School in Johannesburg. This is one of the few non-government schools remaining open despite the Bantu Education Act, which permits...

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Organization

American Committee on Africa

Coverage Africa

South Africa

Language

English

Digital Format

text/pdf

This item was digitized by the Amistad Research Center, which made it available to the African Activist Archive See: http://www.amistadresearchcenter.org/

Rights Management

Used by permission Africa Action (successor to the American Committee on Africa).

Collection

American Committee on Africa collection, Amistad Research Center