Word: apartheid
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Under Seidman’s leadership, The Crimson did not miss the opportunity to offer early reports on the national movement. Though her sister had been involved with anti-apartheid causes before coming to Harvard, Seidman considered it simply good news judgment to cover the movement early and often—not undue editorial control. But Seidman’s peripheral interest in the South African divestment campaign would grow after she graduated summa cum laude from the College...
...those classically under-staffed, under-resourced African schools.” During this time she hitchhiked around nearby South Africa with her former Harvard roommate, Leslie Rabinobitz ’78. She also covered South Africa as a freelance journalist, bringing her closer to the anti-apartheid movement...
Klug joined Seidman at Berkeley, and only days later, South African authorities raided Botswana, killing anti-apartheid activists. She received condolence letters for weeks from people thinking Klug had been killed in the massacre...
While working on her Ph.D., Seidman became much more active in the American anti-apartheid movement, traveling the country speaking at college campuses. This did not, however, deter her from going to South Africa during a state of emergency to do field research for her dissertation—a comparative study of labor unions in the democratic opposition in Brazil and South Africa...
...only way she could get permission to enter the country from the apartheid government was to get a tourist visa, claiming that she was going to visit old friends...