Washington Notes on Africa

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Creator

American Committee on Africa

Contributor

Gary Gappert

Place Created

Washington, DC, United States

Date

February 1969

Type of Item

Newsletter

Length/duration

5 pages

Description

The newsletter says the assassination of Eduardo Mondlane, President of FRELIMO, staggered the community of Africans and Africanists in Washington. It reports on a memorial service held in Washington, D.c. at Lincoln Temple through the courtesy of Rev. E. Channing Phillips. It quotes from the statement of Representative Charles Diggs that was read at the service and quotes from statements about Mondlane placed in the Congressional Record by Rep. Ogden Reid, Rep. Donald Fraser, and Senator Strom Thurmond. The newsletter says right-wing members of Congress have begun to insert material into the Congressional Record favoring recognition of Ian Smith's Rhodesia. Contents: Eduardo Mondlane •...

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Organization

American Committee on Africa

Coverage Africa

Mozambique
South Africa
Southern Africa
Zimbabwe
Nigeria
Tanzania

Language

English

Digital Format

text/pdf

This item was digitized for Aluka, which made it available to the African Activist Archive. See: http://www.aluka.org/

Rights Management

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

Collection

Africa Action Archive