African Activist Archive

Report on divestment from companies doing business in South Africa by colleges and universities. The report says seven schools have sold all their stocks in banks and corporations doing business with South Africa. • A) Summary of University and College Stock Divestments • B) Evidence That Divestment Does Not Have A Negative Financial Impact • Michigan State University (Divested $7.2 million from Dec 1978 to Dec 1980) • University of Wisconsin (Divested about $10 million beginning in 1978) • Hampshire College (Divested $350,000 in 1977 and 1979) • Antioch College (Divested $25,000 to $30,000 in 1978) • Ohio University (Divested about $60,000 in 1977) • Swarthmore College Divests $2.4 million in South Africa-lined holding • Michigan State University: A Case Study in Divestment • Detailed Breakdown of Shareholdings Divested by Michigan State University • Report on Michigan State University Divestment Action • C) Recent Divestment Actions (at U.S. campuses) • D) List of Church Actions Against CITIBANK

African Activist Archive

Summary of Divestments by U.S. Colleges and Universities of corporation stock and bank holdings linked to South Africa

(Plus listing of Church actions against CITIBANK)

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