Press release condemning Percy Sledge for violating the cultural boycott of South Africa. The press release says the presence of Sledge as an entertainer in the Republic of South Africa means that Sledge and the managerial machinery behind him accept the racist system of apartheid as created and controlled by the white minority police state there. The press release says in 1965 a number of American artists pledged to observe a total boycott of South Africa. The press release says Percy Sledge, and all those with him who defy this boycott, act in support of the white oppression of Blacks symbolized by South Africa; and therefore sabotage the struggle being waged today by the African liberation...
Press release condemning Percy Sledge for violating the cultural boycott of South Africa. The press release says the presence of Sledge as an entertainer in the Republic of South Africa means that Sledge and the managerial machinery behind him accept the racist system of apartheid as created and controlled by the white minority police state there. The press release says in 1965 a number of American artists pledged to observe a total boycott of South Africa. The press release says Percy Sledge, and all those with him who defy this boycott, act in support of the white oppression of Blacks symbolized by South Africa; and therefore sabotage the struggle being waged today by the African liberation movements liberate their country. [Note: The press release says attached are several press clippings from the South Africa press about the current South African tour of Black American performer Percy Sledge. The press clippings are not part of this document.]
