Artists and Athletes Against Apartheid Artists and Athletes Against Apartheid

because: e South Africa upholds apartheid - institutionalized white-on-black brutality which is the most frightening known to humanity since Nazi Germany; e The white minority government denies the black majority the right to vote, the right to own land, the right of free movement. Eighty-seven percent of South Africa is by law off-limits to the black people of that country. Blacks in areas of the country reserved for whites are there only with special permission of the government. e Black South Africans must have ready for inspection at all times their government-issued permits - 'passbooks' , to go to work, to worship, to simply be.

e South Africa has stripped its 19 million blacks of citizenship and redesignated them as c itizens of 10 worthless and remote 'homelands' which cover just 13% of a land mass belonging by birthright to all South Africans, black and white. Although South Africa has conferred 'independence' upon four of these homelands, they remain unrecognized anywhere in the world. e Bophuthatswana, part and parcel of South Africa, is one such homeland. Its elaborate resort, Sun City, was set up by South African interests to attract international cele­ brities and the respectability those celebrities, by their presence, might pass on to South Africa.

Representatives of well over two billion people are working at the United Nations for apartheid's dismantlement. We can help them make it happen.

South Africa would like to use us as its good will ambassadors to the world. But we have pledged not to perform in Sun City, or anywhere else in South Africa. Please join us."

Hector Petersen. the first ctild to be shot dead bv POlice 1n Soweto on 16 June 1976 Executive Associated Committee Organizations

Arthur Ashe Hany Belalonre Co-Chairpersons Kareem AbdukJabbar Africa Committee, The Nationci .Jere Alexander Council of Churches Tony Bennett Afri=n Her~age Stucles Association .Joseph Bologna John Carios American Committee on Africa BerrBill Cosby County and Mur'icipal Employees. Howard Dav~. Jr AFL-CIO Ossie Davis Americans far Democratic Action An~a De Frantz Ruby Dee Block Music Association Ivan Dixon Cacl~ion of Block Trode Unionists Harry Edwards Caalrtion to End Cultural Lee Elder ~h .Jane Fonda Collaboration South Africa Ruth Gordon Congressional Black Caucus Andre Gregory General Boord of Global Miristrles. Dick Gregory Umed Methac~t Church .Joe Grey Gregory Hines hternational Un~ed Automabiie. Larry Holmes Aerospace. and Agricultural Robert Hooks Implement Workers of America. PhylliS Hyman Qu1ncy Jones UAW Larry Kert .JaiCkie Robinson Foundation Don King Lutheran World Mln~trles Ted Lange National Association far the Ramsey Lew~ Viveco Undfors Advancement of Colcred People John L~hgow National Black Caucus of Local Laurence Luckinbill Eiected OffiCio~ Janet Maclachlan Madela1ne Manring- Mimms National Black Umed Front Carmen McRoe National Caal~ion of 100 Block Anne Meara Women Dave Meggyesy Michael Moriarty National Council of Negro Women Paul Newman National Faatbal League Players Den~e NICholos-Hill Association The O'.Jays National Urban League Alan Page EYack Peters Operation PUSH Oscar Peterson Qganization of African Unity Sdney Peltier Phelps - stokes Fund Tony Randal 'Mirna Rudolph Southern Africa Support Project TommieS~h Southern Chr~tian Leadership Georg Stanford- Brown Conference Jerry Stiller TransAfri= Lynn Swann llenee Taylor United Church of Christ. Commission John Thompson far Radal Justice Gene Upshaw Lnited Presbyterian Church in the Paul Winfield USA Wasi'Ongton Office On Africa ~~ Artists and Athletes Against Apartheid

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