American Committee on Africa
New York, New York, United States
April 24, 1973
5 pages
Contents: Staff • I. Meeting • II. Amilcar Cabral • III. Brief Reports • (a) New York Urban League and Union Carbide • (b) Twentieth Anniversary • (c) Sharpeville • (d) South Africa Open Games • (e) Eileen Hanson’s report on Chicago Literature • (f) Legal Cases • (g) Conference in Holland on Liberation Support • (h) Research and Literature • IV. Financial Report • V. Nominating Committee Report and Elections • VI. Campaign to Repeal Byrd Amendment • VII. George Houser’s Contract with Random House • IX. Corporate Campaign • X. Recognition of Guinea • IX. Coffee Campaign • The staff...
Contents: Staff • I. Meeting • II. Amilcar Cabral • III. Brief Reports • (a) New York Urban League and Union Carbide • (b) Twentieth Anniversary • (c) Sharpeville • (d) South Africa Open Games • (e) Eileen Hanson’s report on Chicago Literature • (f) Legal Cases • (g) Conference in Holland on Liberation Support • (h) Research and Literature • IV. Financial Report • V. Nominating Committee Report and Elections • VI. Campaign to Repeal Byrd Amendment • VII. George Houser’s Contract with Random House • IX. Corporate Campaign • X. Recognition of Guinea • IX. Coffee Campaign • The staff issued a statement expressing ACOA’s sense of tragedy and loss at Amilcar Cabral’s assassination on January 20. George Houser read a letter from Gil Fernandes, the PAIGC representative frequently in the U.S., about the events leading to Cabral’s assassination. Tim Smith summarized the shareholder resolutions on southern Africa that are being filed this spring with 19 corporations. Several of the stockholder meetings will be in New York (Exxon and American Metal Climax); attendance is encouraged. He also noted that the Gulf Boycott Coalition will protest at Gulf’s annual meeting in Pittsburgh.
Angola
Guinea-Bissau
South Africa
Southern Africa
Zimbabwe
English
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Used by permission of Africa Action (successor to the American Committee on Africa).
