Supreme Council for Sport in Africa Abraham Ordia, President of Supreme Council of Sport in Africa, to President Julius Nyerere of Tanzania 6 April 1980; Abraham Ordia to Charles Haughey, Taoiseach of Ireland 6 April 1980; Abraham Ordia to PM Margaret Thatcher 6 April 1980; Abraham Ordia to Shehu Shagari, President of Nigeria 6 April 1980; Amadou Lamine, Secretary General, Supreme Council for Sport in Africa, circular letter 24 March 1981, with anti-apartheid resolutions attached; E. Mvouma Supreme Council for Sport in Africa to Trevor Richards, HART 28 July 1981 re: anti-apartheid protests in New Zealand; Amadou Lamine to R. Lapchick, ACCESS 19 March 1981; Robert Archer, Mouvement Anti-Apartheid CAO, Paris to R. Lapchick n.d. Abraham Ordia to Friends, 14 May 1980, with "Proposed Co-ordinating Centre against Apartheid in Sport" 14 May 1980 attached; Meeting of the International Anti-Apartheid Sports Organizations, 29 March 1980, [Minutes] 7 pages; South African Mission to the UN. South African News review 28 March 1980; Clipping, Nigeria Daily Sketch 24 April 1980 re: New Zealand rugby tour; Abraham Ordia to Rich [Lapchick] 2 May 1980, handwritten letter; E. Mvouma Supreme Council for Sport in Africa to R. Lapchick 9 April 1980; John Dommisse to PM M. Thatcher 15 June 1980 re rugby tour of South Africa; Charles Haughey, Taoiseach of Ireland to Abraham Ordia, 14 May 1980; PM Margaret Thatcher to Abraham Ordia 12 May 1980; Amadou Lamine circular letter to Delegates of member countries, and to ACCESS, 6 May 1980, with copy of telegram to Margaret Thatcher attached; A. Ordia, Supreme Council for Sport in Africa press statement 19 October 1979; A. Ordia to UK Minister of Sport 20 October 1979; A. Ordia, press statement 28 September 1979; [R. Lapchick?] to A. Ordia 8 January 1980; A. Ordia to Rich [Lapchick] 7 November 1979, handwritten; A. Ordia, press statement 22 October 1979; Sam [Ramsamy, Yaounde)] to Ric [Lapchick] 22 October 1979, handwritten; A. Ordia to "sympathetic Olympic committees" re: UK collaboration with apartheid sport, 22 October 1979; Don Hull, President AIBA to J. Ganga, 26 September 1979, telegram re: boxing, with handwritten note of Sam [Ramsamy, Yaounde] to Ric [Lapchick]; SCSA News August 198If, 1979-1980
Scope and Contents
The collection includes correspondence and papers of organizations boycotting international sports in South Africa, original diaries of Richard Lipchick and is complemented by Papers of Richard Lapchick at Northeastern University. Aspects of the history of ACCESS are covered in three books by Lapchick: Broken promises: racism in American sports (New York: St. Martin's, 1984); Five minutes to midnight: race and sport in the 1990s (Lanham: Madison Books, 1991); and Smashing barriers: race and sport in the new millennium (Lanham, Md.: Madison Books, 2001, revised edition).
Dates
- Creation: 1979-1980
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Access
The material is stored offsite in Remote Storage. Please contact Special Collections 3 working days in advance if you wish to use it.
Extent
From the Collection: 1.6 Linear Feet (3 boxes (124 folders)) ; Box 1: 25.5 x 33 x 39 cm Boxes 2-3: 26 x 13 x 32 cm
Language of Materials
English
Repository Details
Part of the Stephen O. Murray and Keelung Hong Special Collections Repository