Tutu's Visit and Update

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Creator

Harvard and Radcliffe Alumni/ae Against Apartheid; Bob Wolff

Place Created

Pelham, Massachusetts, United States

Date

February 5, 1990

Type of Item

Memorandum

Length/duration

2 pages

Description

Memorandum to the Executive Committee about the visit to Boston by Archbishop Desmond Tutu and the Harvard Board of Overseers meeting. The memorandum says Tutu was asked by Overseers Chair John Whitehead to make a brief presentation about developments in South Africa. At the end of the meeting, Tutu asked that the subject of divestment be put on the agenda of the next meeting. The memorandum says Tutu's position is that if de Klerk does not release Mandela, lift the state of emergency, and enter into irreversible, serious negotiations within three months, Harvard should publicly announce its intention to divest. The memorandum says that Donald Woods has been unbanned after 13 years and gave...

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Publisher

Harvard and Radcliffe Alumni/ae Against Apartheid

Organization

Harvard and Radcliffe Alumni/ae Against Apartheid

Coverage Africa

South Africa

Language

English

Digital Format

text/pdf

Rights Management

Used by permission of former members of Harvard and Radcliffe Alumni/ae Against Apartheid.

Collection

Harvard and Radcliffe Alumni/ae Against Apartheid collection, Michigan State University Libraries Special Collections