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(7531) Free South Africa Movement march

On August 12, 1985, the Free South Africa Movement, of which AFSCME’s Bill Lucy was a leader, organized this ...

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(11734) Free South Africa Movement

Labor leaders march against South African apartheid in Washington, D.C. as part of the Free South Africa movement. From left: AFSCME President Gerald McEntee, NEA President Mary ...

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The Coalition of Black Trade Unionists

... important historic work was helping to end Apartheid in South Africa and assisting in the election of President Nelson Mandela . ... Lucy worked tirelessly through CBTU, AFSCME, and the Free South Africa Movement to raise awareness about Apartheid, institute ...

Blog entry - cdavis - 10/01/2013 - 11:22 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

Nelson Mandela, AFSCME, and Detroit in 1990

... separating groups by race and denying rights to black South Africans. By the early 1960s Mandela had already been arrested for minor ... visit, Secretary-Treasurer Bill Lucy helped to found the Free South Africa Movement (FSAM), which created a coalition of labor, ...

Blog entry - mcourtney - 05/30/2019 - 14:09 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

(46607) Lucy, Robinson, Anti-Apartheid rally

... William Lucy speaks during a demonstration at the South African Embassy protesting apartheid in November, 1984. The sign behind him reads “South Africa Free the union leaders.” To Lucy’s left, in profile, is Randall Robinson. ...

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(7481) Anti-Apartheid protest arrest

... Overcome” as they are arrested protesting outside the South African Embassy on November 29, 1984, as part of the Free South Africa Movement's campaign against Apartheid. ...

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AFSCME Office of the Secretary-Treasurer: William Lucy Records

... in the labor movement. He was instrumental in the Free South Africa Movement's efforts to end apartheid in South Africa. He served as ...

Abstracts - jruss - 12/08/2017 - 12:13 - 0 comments - 1 attachment

(7534) Mandela arrives, 1990 AFSCME Convention

... Nelson Mandela was released from prison, members of the Free South Africa Movement, a collaboration of various civil rights groups in the ...

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Brown Bag Series - "Black Power, Inc.: Global American Business and the Post-Apartheid City" June 6, 12-1pm

... Power’s demise in a way that reveals the penchant for free enterprise that blossomed within the global black freedom struggle. ... and “movement” records from the United States and South Africa, I trace the expansion of black empowerment politics amidst ...

Blog entry - mcourtney - 06/08/2018 - 09:36 - 0 comments - 0 attachments