African Activist Archive

Contents: A. Legislation • B. Educational/Organizational • Origins of the Tour • 1. 1983 -1985 Famine • 2. Anti-apartheid Movement • Selection of the South • Key Elements of the Tour • Tour Statistics • Experiences of the Tour • Lessons Learned • Evaluation and Follow-up • Support for the Tour • 1987 AFRICA PEACE TOUR FUNDERS • Final report • Attachment A SPEAKERS, AFRICA PEACE TOUR, 1987 • Attachment B AFRICA PEACE TOUR: EXPERIENCE OF SPEAKERS • I. Father Carroll Houle, Maryknoll Priest • II. NICK MOTTERN - TOUR COORDINATOR, SPEAKER, MARYKNOLL • Lumberton, North Carolina • The document says speakers were Eugenie Aw, Vinie Burrows, Jim Cason, Debbie Clain, Shuping Coapage, Lisa Crooms, Bud Day. James Oporia Ekwaro. Kathy Flewellen, Julie Frederikse, Larry Gilley, Heather Gray, Jerry Herman, Father Carroll Houle, Rob Jines, Marilyn Little, Zeph Makgetla, William Minter, Nick Mottern, Rev. Sipo Mzimela, Zahra Ramadare, William Rau, Betty Richardson, Ann Seidman, Soley Simelane, Damu Smith, Teresa K. Smith, Jackie Wilson, and Lou Witherite. A cover letter to William Minter, one of the speakers, includes invitation to a follow-up conference on the tour for local organizers on September 25 - 27 at the Federation of Southern Cooperatives in Epes, Alabama. The document mentions these organizations: Federation of Southern Cooperatives, the Africa Peace Committee, the Africa Faith and Justice Network, the American Committee on Africa (ACOA), the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC), Bread for the World, Church of the Brethren, Church Women United, Disciples of Christ, Maryknoll Missioners, the Mennonite Central Committee, Oxfam-America, the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee, the Washington Office on Africa (WOA), the End Conscription Campaign, and the African National Congress (ANC). Issues mentioned include poverty, war and hunger in Africa, the Polisario Front, phosphate deposits, local struggles, self-determination, U.S. policies toward Africa, relief and development agencies, concern about communism, African history, and recent U.S. civil rights history. The report also mentions Plaquemine Parish, Baton Rouge, L.S.U. (Louisiana State University, LSU), the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Birmingham, St. Joseph Baptist Church, John Carroll High School, Sidney Hill, Dr. Jane Christian, and Laurie Nathan.

African Activist Archive

AFRICA PEACE TOUR 1987

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