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South Africa -- Politics and government -- 1978-1989 -- Sources.

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:

Aracelly Santana t-shirt and button collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 372 large
Scope and Contents The second half of the 20th century was a tumultous time for the Southern African region. The instability was mostly due to racial segregation and the marginalization of ethnic groups. It was a time of military coups and political assassinations. Many outsiders were outraged over the injustices being committed and groups were formed in the United States. This personal collection of Ms. Santana's T-shirts and buttons represents one way that people voiced their opinions about the current...
Dates: approximately 1982-1986

Committee to Free Moses Mayekiso records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 513 small
Scope and Contents

The Committee to Free Moses Mayekiso records includes meeting minutes, mailings, correspondence, petitions, ledgers, invoices, and newspaper clippings.

Dates: 1987-1989

Elizabeth Ussher Groff collection of Portland Anti-Apartheid material

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 502 small
Scope and Contents

Most documents are about anti-apartheid organizations in Portland, Oregon. Also included are several items from the American Friends Service Committee national office in Philadelphia and a teaching guide written by Bill Bigelow to the film "Witness to Apartheid" by Sharon Sopher.

Dates: 1981 - 1989

Neil Leighton document collection on labor and politics in South Africa, 1986-1989

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 376 large
Scope and Contents

Papers (chiefly photocopies) collected by Neil Leighton in South Africa focusing on Alexandra, popular protest and labor movements.

Dates: 1986-1989

Patricia Kyle collection of South Indiana United Methodists and Others in Support of Southern Africans (SUMOSSA) collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 501 small
Scope and Contents

The South Indiana United Methodists and Others in Support of Southern Africans collection consists of two organizing documents, a magazine article reprint from Christian Social Action by Patricia Kyle and a newspaper clipping.

Dates: 1984 - 1988

South African political ephemera collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 381 large
Scope and Contents South African anti-apartheid political ephemera, 1961-1999, chiefly of the 1980s and early 1990s, from the African National Congress (ANC) Cape Town Branch, ANC Youth League, United Democratic Front (UDF), End Conscription Campaign, New Unity Movement, South African Communist Party, labor unions (Fosatu, NUM, Cosatu, Domestic Workers Association, South African Allied Workers Union, General Workers Union, Electrical and Allied Trades Union of South Africa), and student/youth and civic groups,...
Dates: 1961-1999