George Cohen
New York, New York, United States
September 28, 1987
Bill Cosby at the press conference launching the Unlock Apartheid's Jails campaign. In June 1986, the South African government imposed a state of emergency in an attempt to crush rising black opposition. At least 30,000 people were detained in apartheid's jails over the following year. Cosby, Honorary Chair of the Unlock Apartheid's Jails campaign, was joined at the press conference by the mayors of eight major U.S. cities and Ambassador Joseph Garba of Nigeria, chairman of the United Nations Special Committee Against Apartheid. (Source of information: ACOA Action News, Number 24, Winter 1987-88, American Committee on Africa)
Unlock Apartheid's Jails
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Used by permission Africa Action (successor to The Africa Fund).
