Are You On Trial For Treason?

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Creator

American Committee on Africa

Place Created

New York, New York, United States

Date

Undated, early 1959

Type of Item

Brochure

Length/duration

3 pages

Description

Brochure of the South Africa Defense Fund of the American Committee on Africa that focuses on the Treason Trial in South Africa. In December 1956, the South African police arrested 156 people in dawn raids. They were charged with treason, liable to penalty of death, because of their leadership of peaceful demonstrations and statements against apartheid. Writer Alan Paton, Anglican Bishop Ambrose, and others in South Africa have set up a Fund to help the accused and have urgently requested aid from America. The brochure includes a quote by Erwin N. Griswold, Dean of Harvard Law School, who was an International Observer at the August 1958 Treason Trial. It discusses the Suppression of Communism...

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Organization

American Committee on Africa

Coverage Africa

South Africa

Language

English

Digital Format

text/pdf

Rights Management

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

Collection

George M. Houser Africa collection, Michigan State University Libraries Special Collections