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Columbia College Chicago

1981

Black Coalition Against the Rugby Tour

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Sart/Chicago Stop The Apartheid Ruby Tour Press Release, Columbia College Chicago Aug 1981

Sart/Chicago Stop The Apartheid Ruby Tour Press Release, Columbia College Chicago

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"Chicago labor, religious, black and community groups today announced the formation of a broad coalition, Stop the Apartheid Rugby Tour (SART/CHICAGO) to oppose the September 19 rugby sports match in the Chicago area sponsored by the Midwest Rugby Football Union."

A press release from the Black Coalition Against the Rugby Tour organization, " composed of numerous Black organizations and individuals who have come together to fight against this scheduled tour to Chicago by the Springboks and to exemplify our support for our brothers and sisters in South Africa who are still oppressed by the white supremacist apartheid South African government" …