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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

Language of Materials

Collection material in English

Conditions Governing Access

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Extent

100.56 cubic feet

Repository Details

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

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