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Project South Africa, 1985-1989

 File — Box: 49, Folder: 3

Scope and Contents

Brochures for Project South Africa; printed report by Bayard Rustin and others, "South Africa: Is Peaceful Change Possible?"1984; activity reports; report on trip to South Africa, October 10-20, 1987; letter to Hobart from Thelma Henderson, chair of Educational Welfare Subcommittee of the Grahamstown Area Distress Relief Association (GARDA), South Africa, describing fighting among rival black groups, February 2, 1987; related correspondence between Hobart and Henderson; Centre for Social Development, Rhodes University, Director's Report for period January - December 1986; GARDA Educational Welfare Chairman's Report for the period April 1, 1985 to March 31, 1986; donor list to GARDA, April 1, 1985 - March 31, 1986; newsletters, Project South Africa Bulletin, February 1987 and October 1986; newsletter, Africa Notes, a publication of the African Studies Program of the Georgetown University Center for Strategic and International Studies, with feature article, "Sanctions: Another View," September 20, 1986; excerpt from letter by Denis Beckett, editor of Frontline magazine, re sanctions; memo from Bayard Rustin, chairman, Project South Africa, re Update on South Africa's Response to Sanctions, August 19, 1986; letters from Hobart to South African President Botha, urging release of political prisoners, end to martial law and apartheid, June 19 and 25, 1986; summary of approved projects, May 28, and report of field trip, May 15, 1986; paper, "A New Beginning: A Program of Cooperation between Israel and the Black Community of South Africa," by Dr. Shimshon Zelniker, Center or Foreign Policy Options, 1985; letter to NYSUT president Tom Hobart from Bayard Rustin, president of the A. Philip Randolph Educational Fund, thanking him for serving as a sponsor of new program, Project South Africa, April 17, 1985; summaries of project proposals

Dates

  • 1985-1989

Creator

Language of Materials

Collection material in English

Conditions Governing Access

From the Collection:

Access to the collections in the Kheel Center is restricted. Please contact a reference archivist for access to these materials.

Conditions Governing Access

From the Collection:

No original manuscripts less than 20 years old (from date of the creation of the record) and not previously published by the Donor can be cited, quoted, or duplicated without the written permission of the designated Donor representative. Researchers engaged in scholarly activity may, however, read from such records without prior permission unles they are otherwise specifically restricted.

Access to Executive Committee meeting Minutes fo whatever agre are restricted to the permission of the designated Donor repreresentative.

Extent

100.56 cubic feet

Repository Details

Part of the Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives Repository

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