Representative Virgil Smith is addressing rally. Smith, now a judge [2018], was a leading sponsor of the bill to divestment stocks in companies operating in South Africa from the state of Michigan pension fund. The banner behind the speakers reads: "Stop Apartheid. Divest MI Pension Funds. Hands Around the Capitol." Representative Perry Bullard, another leading sponsor of the bill, stands to the left of Smith. Other people behind the speakers, who were members of the Michigan House of Representatives unless otherwise identified, are (front row, from left to right): Burton Leland (to left of Bullard), unidentified man in clerical collar, Carolyn Kilpatrick (in print dress), Secretary of State...
Representative Virgil Smith is addressing rally. Smith, now a judge [2018], was a leading sponsor of the bill to divestment stocks in companies operating in South Africa from the state of Michigan pension fund. The banner behind the speakers reads: "Stop Apartheid. Divest MI Pension Funds. Hands Around the Capitol." Representative Perry Bullard, another leading sponsor of the bill, stands to the left of Smith. Other people behind the speakers, who were members of the Michigan House of Representatives unless otherwise identified, are (front row, from left to right): Burton Leland (to left of Bullard), unidentified man in clerical collar, Carolyn Kilpatrick (in print dress), Secretary of State Richard Austin, Matthew McNeely, Debbie Stabenow (now U.S. Senator [2018]); (back row, from left to right):Teola Hunter (mostly hidden by Virgil Smith), Alma Stallworth, Senator Jackie Vaughn (behind man in clerical collar), David Gubow (now judge [2018]), two unidentified men, and Rev. Eleanor Morrison, who delivered the opening prayer.
![Representative Virgil Smith is addressing rally. Smith, now a judge [2018], was a leading sponsor of the bill to divestment stocks in companies operating in South Africa from the state of Michigan pension fund. The banner behind the speakers reads: "Stop Apartheid. Divest MI Pension Funds. Hands Around the Capitol." Representative Perry Bullard, another leading sponsor of the bill, stands to the left of Smith. Other people behind the speakers, who were members of the Michigan House of Representatives unless otherwise identified, are (front row, from left to right): Burton Leland (to left of Bullard), unidentified man in clerical collar, Carolyn Kilpatrick (in print dress), Secretary of State Richard Austin, Matthew McNeely, Debbie Stabenow (now U.S. Senator [2018]); (back row, from left to right):Teola Hunter (mostly hidden by Virgil Smith), Alma Stallworth, Senator Jackie Vaughn (behind man in clerical collar), David Gubow (now judge [2018]), two unidentified men, and Rev. Eleanor Morrison, who delivered the opening prayer.](/recordFiles/210-849-32888/handsrepresentatives.jpg)