Word: anti-apartheid
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...anxiety in the chairman of the Prague meetings of the IMF and World Bank. Trevor Manuel may be South Africa's internationally respected finance minister, but a little over a decade ago he was still on the wrong end of the tear gas and water cannon as a firebrand anti-apartheid leader. The conference's host, Czech president Vaclav Havel may be feeling a little nostalgic, too - after all, back in '68 he was just another Absurdist playwright trying to overthrow the system...
Former Dean of Students Archie C. Epps III says the committee's recommendations represent one of the most significant victories for student activism in recent memory. He compares PSLM's campaign with the anti-Vietnam War movement of the 1970s and the anti-apartheid divestment struggle of the 1980s...
...Joins the anti-apartheid African National Congress 1962-90 Imprisoned for high treason 1991 Becomes president of A.N.C. 1994 Elected South Africa's President 1999 Retires from presidency...
...Weld '66 should have nominated a African-American judge for the seat, since the Massachusetts bench had until that time been occupied entirely by white males, with only one exception. But many pointed to her stance on racial matters; prior to immigrating to the U.S., she was active in anti-apartheid matters in her native South Africa. And so despite her detractors, Marshall became the second woman ever to sit on the SJC bench...
...look back at the history of activism at Harvard--not just to University Hall but also to anti-apartheid in the '80s--to know that we're not just isolated, and we're part of a continuing tradition," Hennefeld says...