African Activist Archive

The minutes say Dennis Brutus reported that he and his attorneys have been preparing for the hearing on January 14, 1982 in Chicago. Brutus met with Judy Weiss, Peter Weiss, and Susan Sussman, who heads the Immigration Law Clinic at Columbia University. Brutus spoke at the Phelps-Stokes Fund in New York on South Africa and the U.S. role there. WMDBDC has stepped up work on the petition drive prior to the hearing. Assignments for were taken for petitioning. Congressman Silvio Conte, R-Mass., who represents the Amherst area, wrote to the INS urging that Brutus be allowed to remain in the U.S. Brutus reported that the Archie Goodrich Jazz Group will do a second benefit for the DBDC on January 15 for the Martin Luther King celebration in Chicago. Films to consider for the Pleasant Street Theater event include "Crossroads South Africa," "Generations of Resistance," "Rising Tide," "There Is No Crisis Here," "Six Days in Soweto," and "Last Grave at Dimbaza." People took responsibility for publicizing this event. Northeastern University DBSC, of which Jenny Patchen is a member, has offered to coordinate a Pete Seeger concert at Northeastern University. It was decided to investigate whether Haymarket or Resist might lend or grant seed money for this event. Trish presented a poster created by her collective, of which 500 copies have been made. Frances Crowe suggested reaching out to Amherst Regional High School and also suggested a "Skate for the People of South Africa." The minutes mention DBDCWM members Trisha Zembruski, Viki Maureen, Gary Tartakov, Alan Miller, Mokubung Nkomo, and Art Serota as well as UMass (University of Massachusetts), Mount Holyoke, Smith College, and Amherst College.

African Activist Archive

Minutes of January 3, 1982 meeting

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