Correspondence "Bro" [Ron Davis?], Maputo to "Dear Brother" [R. Lapchick], 16 July 1981; Ron [Davis?] to Dear Brother, 23 November 1981; Amandla (HART: NZAAM) December 1981; Bruce Kidd, Toronto to PM Pierre Trudeau, 31 August 1981 re: New Zealand rugby tour, attaching letter of Donald Smith, University of Auckland; Bruce Kidd, Toronto to Richard, 18 September 1981; "No Rugby with Racists!!" flyer of African Caribbean Students Association, University of Toronto and Toronto Committee for the Liberation of Southern Africa [September? 1981]; "Bro" [Ron Davis?] to Rick, 4 August 1981; Ron Davis, National Athletics Coach, Dar es Salaam, to Rick, 15 August 1980; Bruce Kidd, Toronto to Richard, 3 February 1980?; Peter McFarren to President Carter 20 June 1980, re: Olympics boycotts; The Real Paper 15 September 1979 clipping re Muhammed Ali and South Africa; CBS Sports to R. Lapchick 5 December 1979 re South African boxers; R. Lapchick to Willie Logan, Africa Desk, National Council of Churches, 25 September 1979; "Don't Televise the Tate-Coetzee fight" Flyer of National Liberation Struggles Support Committee of Colorado (NLSSCC), Denver, Colorado, re: boxing fight; Flo Hernandez, National Liberation Struggles Support Committee of Colorado (NLSSCC), to ACCESS 28 October 1979 re Tate-Coetzee fight and media; "Apartheid in South Africa: Connecticut's Investment in Racism" flyer, Connecticut Anti-Apartheid Committee, n.d; clippings, 1981 re: rugby tour; Mary Lou Swift to NBC Sports 12 October 1979 re: Tate-Coetzee fight; Phyllis Altman [IDAF] to R. and S. Lapchick, 4 April 1980, aerogram; J. Jele, Director International Affairs, ANC, Lusaka to R. Lapchick, 22 January 1981 commending ACCESS; R. Lapchick to Robert Archer 4 February 1981; Robert Archer to R. Lapchick 24 January 1981; "Statement of Principles Regarding the Isolation of South African Sport" (SART and Mouvement Anti-Apartheid CAO, January 1980), 1979-1981
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: 1979-1981
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