South Africa Divestment Records, 1972-1987 5 linear feet
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- business in South Africa in protest of South Africa's system of apartheid. Within the administration
companies doing business South Africa in protest of apartheid in the 1970s-1980s. Originally part of - Creator
- Columbia University
- Abstract Or Scope
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Beginning in the late 1970s, Columbia students urged the university to divest from companies doing business in South Africa in protest of South Africa's system of apartheid. After a series of student protests culminating in a month long blockade of Hamilton Hall in 1985, the Trustees voted to begin full divestment. The collection contains the administrative records of this decision making process in the 1970s-1980s.