Word: divests
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Some pro-divestment activist have said thatbecause the Board has the constitutional mandateto restrict actions by the Corporation it coulduse its power to force Harvard to divest...
Every night, campus activists go to sleep dreaming of a headline on the front page of the New York Times which reads "Students Force Harvard to Divest from South Africa." But for me, just thinking of another round of unadulterated Spring divestment protests is enough to put me to sleep...
...week-long fast is the third phase of a plan by the Chaplaincy of Brandeis University to pressure the Waltham school to divest of its $1.5 million in South Africa-related investments. Students were encouraged to join in the first two phases of protest, which consisted of skipping meals. The money from the missed meals is going to Oxfam America...
However in the spring of 1985, the body was revived amid widespread student protest over Harvard's refusal to divest of its South Africa linked investment. It heard the cases of 25 students who were involved in two separate divestment protests at 17 Quincy Street and Lowell House. All 13 house committees voted not to send delegates...
After a decade of relative calm, the protests started up again in 1985 when about 45 students occupied 17 Quincy St. for an eight hour workday to urge Harvard to divest from companies that do business in South Africa...