Rutgers Coalition for Total Divestment
New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States
Spring 1985
2 pages
Since the 1960’s, Rutgers organizations such as the African Student Congress, the Coalition Against Racial Injustice, the Busch Minority Affairs Council and other concerned students have united in the goal of divesting this university’s investments from companies with holdings in South Africa. In 1978, the university divested from companies not adhering to the Sullivan Principles. In 1980, the university reinvested in these companies. In 1982, the Rutgers Coalition for Divestment, now the Coalition for Total Divestment, was formed. In November last year, over 1000 people attended a public hearing in which in which over thirty people expressed their demands for divestment. On...
Since the 1960’s, Rutgers organizations such as the African Student Congress, the Coalition Against Racial Injustice, the Busch Minority Affairs Council and other concerned students have united in the goal of divesting this university’s investments from companies with holdings in South Africa. In 1978, the university divested from companies not adhering to the Sullivan Principles. In 1980, the university reinvested in these companies. In 1982, the Rutgers Coalition for Divestment, now the Coalition for Total Divestment, was formed. In November last year, over 1000 people attended a public hearing in which in which over thirty people expressed their demands for divestment. On Friday, April 12, 1985, 500 students rallied against this university’s continued investments in these companies. At 2:30 pm, approximately 200 students blockaded the student center and have remained there ever since with a growing number of sit-ins every day. In a telephone communication at the rally, the Reverend Jesse Jackson declared his support and announced his plans to attend the rally of Tuesday, April 23, 1985.
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Used by permission of Chris Berzinski and Sue Kozel, former members of the Rutgers Coalition for Total Divestment.
