African Activist Archive

Contents: Introduction • The Beginning • Raising Awareness • April 3, 1982 Rally • Sandro Pertini-President of Italy • Sherley Chisholm-U.S. Congresswoman • Fall of 1982 • Donald Woods-Author • Scholarship Drive • University Senate Resolution and the Aftermath • University Senate Resolution • The Aftermath • Fall 1983 • The Fast • The Blockade • Divestment • Calendar of Activities • About the Author • The pamphlet is a history of the divestment movement and the Coalition for a Free South Africa at Columbia University by its founder. The pamphlet mentions the Sullivan Principles, Rev. Leon Sullivan, David Ndaba, the African National Congress (ANC), Josh Nessen, the American Committee on Africa (ACOA), apartheid, Ronald Reagan, "constructive engagement," electronic cattle batons, the South African police, Congressman Mervyn Dymally, the Black Students Organization, Verna Briggs, Low Library, human rights, Barbara Ransby, President Sovern, the Columbia Daily Spectator, Eric Foner, corporations, the Board of Trustees, Samuel Higgenbottom, Senator Alan Cranston, Sherman Beychock, James Weinstein, the Ad Hoc Committee on Investments, Father Paul Dinter, Walter Mondale, Rev. Jesse Jackson, Gary Hart, Franklin Thomas, the Ford Foundation, Penny Andrews, Bishop Desmond Tutu, Anthony Glover, Barack Obama, Elliot P. Skinner, Gregory Butler, a candlelight vigil, The Coalition for the Liberation of South Africa, and Find A Tree. [Note: The Coalition for a Free South Africa was renamed the Coalition for a Free Southern Africa.]

African Activist Archive

FREE SOUTH AFRICA - THE COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY DIVESTMENT MOVEMENT

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