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...year-old retired professor said that he was planning to circulate a letter to be signed by a large group of fellow Nobel laureates asking the South African government to free Black civil rights leader Nelson Mandella, who has been in jail in South Africa for 22 years...
Brutus stressed the need for corporate withdrawal because, he said, the companies cannot take meaningful action for social change without contravening South African law. "The last thing Nelson Mandella [long-time leader of the older South African liberation party] said to me--we used to break stones together in prison--was 'get the message out; get the corporations off our backs...
...individual performer. For years, his excellent musical talents in writing and performing were submerged in the successful group efforts of Peter, Paul, and Mary. On their last several albums two of Peter's songs appeared which showed his ability to craft honest, direct, yet thoughtfully poetic pieces: "The Great Mandella" and "Day is Done." Bassman Bob Coucher and guitarist Ralph Towner helped him perform his music with extraordinary richness, enhancing Peter's naturally powerful and sensitive tenor...
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