Word: letterings
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...letter states that "because of Harvard's prestige and influence" divestiture "would contribute significantly to the mounting pressure on U.S. corporations to withdraw, thus helping to expedite the end of apartheid and the beginning of majority rule in South Africa...
...letter urges class members to refuse to contribute to Harvard and to to instead contribute to "organizations which further the struggle for racial justice in South Africa and in the United States...
...page letter cites common questions surrounding divestiture, then answers these questions in a way supporting divestiture...
Neil I. Koblitz '69, Picrce Lecturer on Mathematics and one of the writers of the alumni letter, said yesterday he believes "the letter will be a form of pressure to encourage Harvard to have an effective role in the anti-apartheid movement and to encourage others to do the same...
Koblitz said he believes the letter will also be constructive in encouraging alumni to aid financially the International Defense and Aid Fund for Southern Africa, the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, Phillips Brooks House and other organizations of this nature...