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Occupation for divestment at Hamilton College

Occupation for divestment at Hamilton College

Students at Hamilton College formed a coalition among five organizations: the Black and Latin Student Union, the Women's Center, the Gay and Lesbian Alliance, the Progressive Young Democrats, and Hamiltonians for Divestment. On March 12 the student coalition marched on Buttrick Hall, Hamilton's main administrative building, demanding college divest from companies doing business in apartheid South Africa. The gathered in the lobby and refused to leave at closing time. The occupation continued for some days and this photograph may be from a later date. (Source:"Protests continue" by Meg Gates, The Hamilton College Spectator, March 14, 1986; and https://law.resource.org/pub/us/case/reporter/F2/851/851.F2d.561.87-7111.690.html accessed July 19, 2016.)
Place Created

Clinton, New York, United States

Date

Apparently November 12, 1986

Type of Item

Photograph

Description

Students at Hamilton College formed a coalition among five organizations: the Black and Latin Student Union, the Women's Center, the Gay and Lesbian Alliance, the Progressive Young Democrats, and Hamiltonians for Divestment. On March 12 the student coalition marched on Buttrick Hall, Hamilton's main administrative building, demanding college divest from companies doing business in apartheid South Africa. The gathered in the lobby and refused to leave at closing time. The occupation continued for some days and this photograph may be from a later date. (Source:"Protests continue" by Meg Gates, The Hamilton College Spectator, March 14, 1986; and...
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Text in Image

WE WON'T STOP UNTIL HAMILTON DIVESTS

Organization

Hamiltonians for Divestment

Coverage Africa

South Africa

Language

English

Digital Format

image/jpeg

This item was digitized by the Amistad Research Center, which made it available to the African Activist Archive See: http://www.amistadresearchcenter.org/

Collection

American Committee on Africa collection, Amistad Research Center

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