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"And so we had a trial. We brought in Marge Benton, the late US Senator Paul Simon, um all kinds of folk to testify to the heinousness of Apartheid. ... We had brilliant lawyers who raised this defense, and we had a- a jury. And they…

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"I began to see the connections I felt that if Africa became free it would mean a lot for the black people here in the united states and vice versa if we were able to reach equality it would mean a lot people in Africa so I saw an…

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"Yeah, you know, it was really interesting. There’s nothing like being outside of this country, and having a major- you know, international event happen, and it’s just very different. I was in Nigeria when Soweto happened, and you…

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[On why she became an activist]
"[F]or some reason, they felt compelled to fight against injustice. It’s a sord [sic] of compulsion and you do not, you know as I’ve gotten older, I’ve mellowed a little bit. It’s this idea that if…

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"But there was one demand that was made that school-the new school cause we knew that there was a new school gonna be built-that the new school be named after Malcolm X. So we started the struggle around the student demands but we…

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"Biko was killed so there was a memorial service, in the capital of Botswana, Cameroon. So we attended. And that was like, an immersion, because we were in this big auditorium with three, four, hundred South Africans. We were…

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" [T]hen we went to a meeting and we found there was a petition being circulated to expel South Africa from the UN. And we sort of immersed ourselves into learning more about this and as a result of learning more about it we…

A poster in support of independence for Namibia. It had been a colony for 100 years, first under German rule, and then under British as part of South Africa. In the 1960s, the UN recognized the nation as being separate from South Africa, but…

This poster advertises a concert in honor of Nelson Mandela's 70th birthday in 1988. Many famous musicians performed in support of the still-imprisoned Mandela and his anti-apartheid message. This is the last birthday that Mandela would spend in…

This poster advertises for a radio show about current events in Africa. Africa News Service was founded to disseminate information on news, culture, and events from the African continent to a wider audience. This poster promotes its service and…