Stop Apartheid Rugby Tour
New York, New York, United States
Sometime after July 30, 1981
2 pages
Report of the third meeting of the Stop the Apartheid Rugby Tour coalition which was established to oppose the tour of the United States by the South African Springboks rugby team. The meeting was apparently held on July 30, 1981. The report includes information on: 1) a press conference held July 26 2) an international update including events around the Springboks tour of New Zealand and an update on the match between Gerry Coetzee, a white South African boxer and Reynaldo Snipes on August 9 on Tarrytown, New York 3) National including a press conference in Chicago 4) Steering Committee 5) Outreach 6) Logistics 7) Finances 8) Legislative and 9) Brooklyn Botanical Garden.
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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.