TransAfrica
Washington, DC, United States
November 27, 1984
2 pages
Press release about ongoing protests at the South African embassy in Washington, D.C. organized by the Free South Africa Movement. Speakers at today’s protests were Congressman John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI); Bill Simons, National Vice President of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT); former Wimbledon champion Arthur Ashe, who is co-chair of Artists and Athletes Against Apartheid; Randall Robinson, Director of TransAfrica; Eleanor Holmes-Norton, former EEOC Chair; D.C. Delegate Walter Fauntroy; and Mary Frances Berry, Member of the U. S. Civil Rights Commission. Rev. Joseph Lowery, head of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), and Illinois Congressman Charles Hayes were...
Press release about ongoing protests at the South African embassy in Washington, D.C. organized by the Free South Africa Movement. Speakers at today’s protests were Congressman John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI); Bill Simons, National Vice President of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT); former Wimbledon champion Arthur Ashe, who is co-chair of Artists and Athletes Against Apartheid; Randall Robinson, Director of TransAfrica; Eleanor Holmes-Norton, former EEOC Chair; D.C. Delegate Walter Fauntroy; and Mary Frances Berry, Member of the U. S. Civil Rights Commission. Rev. Joseph Lowery, head of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), and Illinois Congressman Charles Hayes were arrested at yesterday’s demonstration and have now been released. Contacts are David Scott, Hazel Ross, and Nii Akuetteh.
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