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Letter requesting support for the Anti-Apartheid Day rally

April 14, 1976

New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America

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This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

This letter requests support for the May 1 Anti-Apartheid Day in New York City. The memo is white paper with black text. The heading reads: [May 1 Anti-Apartheid Day Committee]. The memo is signed by the following [John Akpan / Pan African Students Organization in / the Americas (PASOA) / Daniel Berrgian, S.J. / Sharon Chin / Youth Against War & Fascism / (YAWF) / Carlos Feliciano / Florynce R. Kennedy / Coalition Against Racism and Sexism / William Kunstler / Lennox Hines (sic) / Pres. National Conference of Black Lawyers / Helen Rodriguez-Trias, M.D. / Pres. Committee to End Sterilization / Abuse (CESA) / Dennis L. Serette / Pres. N.Y.S Coalition of Black Trade Unionists]. The back of the memo is blank.

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Catalog reference: 2015.97.27.35

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