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WHY BOYCOTT?

WHY BOYCOTT?

Poster issued as part of a boycott by Harvard students of classes on April 23, 1979 to protest the university's investments in American corporations doing business in South Africa and in support of the Afro-American Studies Department. The poster says the Harvard University administration is threatening to reduce the Afro-American Studies Department to a committee. The poster includes quotes by Derek Bok and Donald Woods. The poster discusses apartheid, the Harvard Corporation, faculty members and the black majority of South Africa. (Source: "Students protest at Harvard" by Charles E. Claffey and George Croft, The Boston Globe, April 24, 1979; "Students to Rally For Afro-Am Today; Monday Class Boycott Gains Support Demo at 2 p.m." by Ellen M. Smith, The Harvard Crimson, April 19,1979; and "Students Rally on South Africa, Afro-American Studies", Harvard University Gazette, April 27, 1979)
Creator

Coalition for Awareness and Action

Place Created

Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Date

April 23, 1979?

Type of Item

Poster

Description

Poster issued as part of a boycott by Harvard students of classes on April 23, 1979 to protest the university's investments in American corporations doing business in South Africa and in support of the Afro-American Studies Department. The poster says the Harvard University administration is threatening to reduce the Afro-American Studies Department to a committee. The poster includes quotes by Derek Bok and Donald Woods. The poster discusses apartheid, the Harvard Corporation, faculty members and the black majority of South Africa. (Source: "Students protest at Harvard" by Charles E. Claffey and George Croft, The Boston Globe, April 24, 1979; "Students to Rally For Afro-Am...
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Organization

Harvard-Radcliffe Southern Africa Solidarity Committee

Coverage Africa

South Africa

Language

English

Digital Format

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Rights Management

Used by permission of former members of the Harvard-Radcliffe Southern Africa Solidarity Committee, a member organization of the Coalition for Awareness and Action.

Collection

Cindy Ruskin papers, Michigan State University Libraries Special Collections

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