Winnie Mandela Solidarity Coalition

Creator

Winnie Mandela Solidarity Coalition

Place Created

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Date

March 8, 1978

Type of Item

Photograph

Description

Members of the Winnie Mandela Solidarity Coalition (WMSC) took over the First National Bank of Boston at South Station on March 8, 1978, International Women's Day, to protest the bank's involvement in South Africa and in solidarity with Winnie Mandela who was in jail in South Africa at the time. They unfurled a banner, held a press conference and read a statement before bank officials could summon the police to remove then and end the action. Members of the WMSC, from left: Mina Readdy (former Cambridge Adult Center Director), Nadine Cohen (fair housing activist), Caroline Hunter (co-founder Polaroid Revolutionary Workers Movement), Ginger Ryan (Day Care advocate and worker), and...

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Text in Image

Free Winnie Mandela

Organization

Winnie Mandela Solidarity Coalition

Coverage Africa

South Africa

Language

English

Digital Format

image/jpeg

This photograph was digitized by Clarity Films, which provided it to the African Activist Archive.

Rights Management

Photo courtesy of Caroline Hunter.

Collection

Private collection of Caroline Hunter