The red T-shirt features the logo of Halt All Racist Tours (HART). A heart design has left and right halves, the left is a black outline and the right is solid black. In late July through mid-September 1981, the South African Springboks rugby team toured New Zealand. HART campaigned against the tour. For many white South Africans rugby fans, the matches against New Zealand were the ones considered the most important. When the Springboks arrived in New Zealand, there were large demonstrations and disruptions of the matches. Over eight weeks, nearly 2,000 people were arrested; 2,254 charges were laid against 1,520 people. While the protests did not stop the tour, they had significant impact in...
The red T-shirt features the logo of Halt All Racist Tours (HART). A heart design has left and right halves, the left is a black outline and the right is solid black. In late July through mid-September 1981, the South African Springboks rugby team toured New Zealand. HART campaigned against the tour. For many white South Africans rugby fans, the matches against New Zealand were the ones considered the most important. When the Springboks arrived in New Zealand, there were large demonstrations and disruptions of the matches. Over eight weeks, nearly 2,000 people were arrested; 2,254 charges were laid against 1,520 people. While the protests did not stop the tour, they had significant impact in New Zealand. (The Springboks did not return to New Zealand until 1994 when apartheid was over.) When the Springbok left New Zealand in 1981, their tour continued in the United States, where they also faced significant protests. (Source: Dancing On Our Bones: New Zealand, South Africa, Rugby and Racism by Trevor Richards [New Zealand: Bridget Williams Books, 1999])
![The red T-shirt features the logo of Halt All Racist Tours (HART). A heart design has left and right halves, the left is a black outline and the right is solid black. In late July through mid-September 1981, the South African Springboks rugby team toured New Zealand. HART campaigned against the tour. For many white South Africans rugby fans, the matches against New Zealand were the ones considered the most important. When the Springboks arrived in New Zealand, there were large demonstrations and disruptions of the matches. Over eight weeks, nearly 2,000 people were arrested; 2,254 charges were laid against 1,520 people. While the protests did not stop the tour, they had significant impact in New Zealand. (The Springboks did not return to New Zealand until 1994 when apartheid was over.) When the Springbok left New Zealand in 1981, their tour continued in the United States, where they also faced significant protests. (Source: Dancing On Our Bones: New Zealand, South Africa, Rugby and Racism by Trevor Richards [New Zealand: Bridget Williams Books, 1999])](/recordFiles/210-849-31501/african_activist_archive-a0a9s4-a_14380.jpg)
![The red T-shirt features the logo of Halt All Racist Tours (HART). A heart design has left and right halves, the left is a black outline and the right is solid black. In late July through mid-September 1981, the South African Springboks rugby team toured New Zealand. HART campaigned against the tour. For many white South Africans rugby fans, the matches against New Zealand were the ones considered the most important. When the Springboks arrived in New Zealand, there were large demonstrations and disruptions of the matches. Over eight weeks, nearly 2,000 people were arrested; 2,254 charges were laid against 1,520 people. While the protests did not stop the tour, they had significant impact in New Zealand. (The Springboks did not return to New Zealand until 1994 when apartheid was over.) When the Springbok left New Zealand in 1981, their tour continued in the United States, where they also faced significant protests. (Source: Dancing On Our Bones: New Zealand, South Africa, Rugby and Racism by Trevor Richards [New Zealand: Bridget Williams Books, 1999])](/recordFiles/210-849-31501/african_activist_archive-a0a9s4-a_15506.jpg)