Word: africa
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...with the "real world." For despite all the carefully prepared speeches by notables and the celebrity gala that followed, the school's administration proved that it is sadly out of touch with one of the most pressing issues of that real world: the struggle for human rights in South Africa...
...Paul E. Tsongas (D-Mass.) will speak on the divestiture of South Africa-related investments and U.S. policy toward that country this Saturday in the Science Center...
Tsongas proposed a national program of "phased conditional divestiture" on the Senate floor last month. Under his plan, universities would sell 20 per cent of their holdings in companies with operations in South Africa each year for five years, achieving complete divestiture...
Both events, along with a panel discussion entitled "Harvard College in the '70s," are sponsored by the Class of '69 ad hoc committee on Harvard and South Africa and are part of a series of events for the 10th reunion of the Class...
With this concern for non-whites in South Africa, for the way Harvard handles its investments and with its highly respected position both inside and outside the University, concerned Faculty are perfectly placed to augment the efforts of student activists to force change in Corporation policy. Outside of Harvard, the core of Faculty members that drafted the open letter plans to discuss corporate withdrawal with House Speaker Thomas P. O'Neill (D-Mass.), other congressional leaders and directors of large corporations operating in South Africa...