Capital District Coalition Against Apartheid and Racism, 1967-1999, Undated
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- 4.2 cubic ft.
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This series consists of records relating to Vera Michelson's involvement in the Capital District Coalition against Apartheid and Racism (CD-CAAR). The CD-CAAR series includes documents from various court cases involving Michelson, and other members of the CD-CAAR organization. The series also contains organizational pamphlets, correspondence, and newspaper articles related to the Springboks rugby controversy. There is a file on Malcomlm X's daughter Qubilah Shabazz's 1995 arrest for conspiring to kill Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan containing information on the case, the FBI informant, and the informant's possible connections to Michelson and the Springbok protests 14 years earlier. In addition, the series includes organizational minutes, other correspondence, banners, and posters relating to its cultural boycott of apartheid. This series contains audio and video records as well as the paper records mentioned above.
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Arranged alphabetically.
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