TO: Bronson Clark Date: May 1982 Pat Hunt/Maghan Keita Bob Hindmarsh Zoharah Sinnnons John Churchville Wilmer Tjossem Margaret Bacon Paul Brink/Kimberly Everett FROM: Jerry Herman, Coordinator . Southern Africa Program, Peace Education Division RE: Report on educational/organizing trip to Southwest.

The decision to make the tour resulted from an assessment that too little work has been done on the issue of Southern Africa in the U.S. Southwest. This appraisal was made by national AFSC Southern Africa staff and the staff of other organizations that organize around Southern Africa. We recognized that our contacts were virtually non-existent and that no broad based anti-apartheid coalitions were functioning in the Southwest. It was therefore decided by national AFSC staff that we should sponsor a tour devoted to education and organizing. Seven South African films, two slide shows and a variety of literature travelled with the group. The trip began on April 29 and concluded on May 17. Th~ participants were: Jerry Herman, AFSC' s Southern Africa coordinator; Shuping Coapage, representative of the African National Congress at the United Nations; Dumi.sani Kumalo, exiled South African journalist and a senior staff member of the American Committee on Africa; Gay MCDougall, a lawyer and director of the Southern Africa Project for the Lawyers Committee. The tour began in Denver and Boulder, Colorado, then visited Amarillo, Dallas, Austin, San Antonio and , . DENVER, CO Coordinator: Stephen Graham, AFSC 1428 Lafayette ~ Denver, CO 80218 303-832-1676 Office 303~861-5647 Home

We arrived in Denver on April 28 and spent the night with Art Warner, a Quaker doctor and his wife Natalie. During an early discussion, I learned that Art and

Natalie had spoken to a class I taught in ~t. Louis, when they first returned from Chile.

UniversitY of Denver: Went to UDCA building and met with a Third World Development class. The instructor .was Steve Thomas. It was a good session. I left his class and went off to another floor in the same building (Tqwer) • The instructor was Professor Wolfe, who had himself been in South Africa some 10 years before. Radio Interview: Interview at country station KLZ 2149 S. Holly St. Chuck. ivlitchell was the black interviewer on a show called. "Focus on Black". He allowed me to give a good deal of background information on the air. His questions were excellent and he explained that Denver needed more information on this issue. Television interview, 6:00, channel 4 KOA-TV with producer Donna Fell, 1044 Lincoln St.,

NBC affiliate. The host was a Mr. Sandevel. He allowed me to develop my case for

'.'". divestment in a fairly unint~rrupted way. Evening class of older adults, instructor Steve Thomas. This class of about 15 was

very responsive to my remarks and most indicated that they would attend the 7:30 meeting on April 30, at the Mt. Calvary Lutheran Church. Rushing, I left the UDCA building and went to meet with the Amnesty International group. The Amnesty people viewed the film "Last Graves at Dimbaza". They seemed terribly moved by the experience.

One of the men present had visited South Africa several months b~fore and he now believes in divestment. At lO:OOpm I went back toArt'shouse and to his basement water bed. During the day Shuping and I had been separated. He had been in Boulder most of

th~ day. When I saw him later at Art's he was tired and took to his b~ straight away. He had been throl.lgh 18 hours of classes, corrnnuni ty meetings and informal gatherings.

2 Shuping's long day consisted of a 10:30 radio interview on KGNU with Gonzalo Santo at 2049 N. Broadway, Boulder, CO. Followed by a session with Tim Lange at the Boulder Colorado Daily. At 3:15 he spoke to Professor Scarritt's Political Science Seminar at the University of Colorado. In the evening he had dinner with Scarritt then was rushed off to a 7:30 public meeting at the University. Herep, in addition to .Shuping's talk, two films were shown. We were up early, I jogged, showered and. dressed and we were off to Professor Ali Thobhailis class at Metro State. He teaches in the department of Afro-American Studies. It is my sense that he is going to be a very important person in anti-apartheid work in Denver. He seems a solid, consistent person. We met with his class for three hours and showed the film "South Africa Belongs To Us" (SABTU). The students asked excellent questions.

From the'. university, Migs Muldrow, who. works fo:r Congresswoman Pat~ Schroeder's office, took us to Pierre's, a black bar/restaurant where we met and had lunch with about 25 prominent black citizens. A State Legislator, Arie Taylor was present. She had already introduced a number of anti-krugerrand resolutions into the state legis­ lative. Most of those present said they would be attending the Friday evening rally and strategy session. This meeting was set up by Vinita Vinson, another member of Pat Schroeder's staff. The questions, comments and discussions that followed were all excellent. It was a good down-to-earth meeting. Vinita dropped me at the only black newspaper, The Denver Weekly News , 2547 Welton Sto, where we spent an hour with the managing editor, Sylvia Dawson. Shuping arrived as the interview started. Stephen Graham was also present. Sylvia's questions were good and I think a solid story will result.

I After the interview, we went back to Arts , where we began preparing for the evening meeting and strategy session. The meeting took place at Mt. Calvary Lutheran Church.

There were about SO people in attendance. Twenty Ethiopians came and were excited about the film and discussion.

3 A number of people seemed to emerge as potential leaders and core supporters of anti-apartheid work in Denver. They are listed on the contact list. ~ The meeting ended with a decision to hold a meeting in two weeks, to begin organi­ zing a city wide coalition, dedicated to educating the city on this issue. The two early projects they talked about tackling·were the Coors Bike Race, in which Coors has invited a South African team to participate and the importation of South African wines into the Denver area.

On Saturday morning we met with. Catholic workers, Father Vujs (voice) and Sister Agnes to talk, South Africa. Both indicated that they were being freed up from some of their Central .American activity and might be able to do some Southern Africa work. Father Vujs travels a six state region doing education and has agreed to do some work on Southern Africa. Both are interested in available films. Sister Agnes is going to show "SAB1U'' to 350 women meeting in Denver in June. In the afternoon there was a film festival at the Graduate School of International Relations, at the University of Colorado. Shuping and I also spoke. They were for the most part African graduate students who were very supportive and have agreed to fit into the Denver wide coalition. Saturday night was free.

-.· .... Sunday morning, each of us spoke at a church. I spoke to 25 people at the Plymouth Congregational Methodist Church, while Shuping spoke to 60 people at the Montview Presbyterian Church. Our last engagement was an interview at the major daily paper, The Denver Post • Tom Coakley the staff writer, later produced a good story.

.An excellent newspaper story resulted from an earlier interview Shuping had with Richard Tucker of the Denver Cahtolic Register .

4 Key Contacts: Migs Muldrow, Aide to Schroeder, 1767 High St., Denver CO 80218- 303-837-2354 office Larry Williams, 1325 Garfield St., Denver, CO 80206- 303-320-0663 Charles Gray, 20917 Niagara St., Denver, CO 80207- 303-399-0387 Vinita Vinson, aide to Achroeder, 1767 High St., Denver, CO 80218 - 303-837-2354 Njabulo Nolebele, 3755 E. Buchtel Blvd. #104, Denver, CO 80210 - 303-692-0179

Don W. Bu~e, 1325 Garfield St., #312, Denver, co 80206 Kathryn Bamberger, 3129 Redstone Lane, Boulder, CO 80303 - 303-494-8928 Sylvia Dawson, Box 2811, Denver, CO 80205 - Denver Weekly News - 303-623-6267 Liz Easley, 5552 Carson Way, Denver, CO 80239 - Denver Weekly News- 303-373-1181

~~rk Meeks, 1215 Detroit St., Denver, CO 80208 -Amnesty International- 303-333-4306 Carol Nash, 2270 S. Race #62, Denver, CO 80210 - 303-753-4165 Robert Dillingham, 8955 E. 19th Ave., Aurora, CO 80010 - 303-344-5847 Gerald Padmore Catty) 90 Madison Ave, Denver, CO 80206 - 303-393-0660 Arie Taylor (state representative) 3328 Magnolia, Denver, CO 80207 - 303-321-0948 Ali Thobhani, Afro-American Studies Dept, Metro State Campus, Box 55, 1006 11th St., Denver, CO 80204 - 303-629-2543

~ .. Chuck ~litchell, 3455 Gaylord, Denver, CO 80205 - 303-866-5541 office Agnes Ann Schum, Sister of Loretto, 3001 S. Federal Blvd., Denver, CO 80236 303-922-8215 Jim Scarritt, Dept of Political Science, University of CO, Boulder, CO 80302 303-492-6683 Gonzalo Santos, KGNU Radio

Richard Tuck~r, Denver Catholic Register Tom Coakley, Denver Post Ed Hawley, 2135 S. Columbine, Denver, CO 80210 - 303-722-4003 home/303-753-3678 office Louis Wilson, Black Studies, University of CO, Boulder, CO 80302 - 303-492-6683

5 AMARILLO, TX

Coordinator: Steven Schroeder, CALC Mfiliation 2031 C. South Hughes Street Amarillo, TX 79109 806-373-8668 Home 806-376-6323 Office

We departed Denver at 12:15 p.m. and arrived, after a beautiful drive through the mountains and praires, in Amarillo, Texas at 9:00p.m. We met over dinner with

Steve, a number of professors and union people. We talked generally about the Southern Mrica situation. We slept that night on Steven's living room floor.

Monday, we met several black ministers for breakfast at a very "Texas" restaurant in downtown Amarillo. It had the sensible and enchanting motto, '~e sell good food, not atmosphere''. Mter breakfast we talked about Southern Mrica, giving the ministers an update and an overview of our activities. At 10: 00 we moved off to the Catholic Services Building where we spoke to the Catholic

Services staff. Before the remarks , we showed the Lutheran film on Namibia "Cry For

Freedom" and the last half of "SABTIJ''. The staff was a group of concerned social services people and felt very close to the issues we were talking about. Their questions were so good that we were almost late for our luncheon appointment. In fact, we were forced to make a dash for the city of Canyon, 15 miles away, where there was a reception and lunch hosted by the campus Methodist minsiter at West Texas State University. Mter lunch we made a few remarks and did an interview with the local NBC affiliate. The interview made the evening news. At 3:00 the Lutheran Church at West Texas State hosted us and we showed the Namibian film to a group of 20, most were Mrican students.

We ate dinner with Steven and his family. Later, two local labor lawyers dropped in and we had a good long discussion about unions in South Mrica. At 7: 30 we went off to Mt. Zion Baptist Church where about 70 people showed up to see films and hear us ta~k about South Mrica. Rev. Perry, Mt. Zion's minister, ended the session by stating his support for the issue. He followed with an excellent analysis of the "so called" communist threat in South Mrica.

6 Our stay in Amarillo, while short, had been exceptional and productive. One is re~ded that very little educational work on Southern Africa has been done in the panhandle of Texas. This area of Texas is better known for its softball size hail, than for its interest in South Africa.

Key contacts in Amarillo: Rev. V.P .. Perry, 6517 Arroya Vista Pl., Amarillo, TX 79124 - 806-358-2603 Home 806-374-0591 Office/Ivlt Zion Baptist Church:

George Yates, United Campus Ministries, Box 806 l~, WTSU Station, Canyon, TX 79016 806-655-3535 Pete Peterson, Lutheran Minister, 1407 26th St., Canyon, ·rx 79015- 806-655-2308

Betty Wheele!,(Local attorney),l008 S. ~fudison St., Amarillo, TX 79101 806-376-8903 Darrel MUnsell, 2430 15th Ave., Canyon, TX 79015- 806-655-3698 Roger c. Scott, Box 94, WTSU Station, Canyon, TX 79016 - 806-656-0111. (NAACP) Randy Kesserling, Eco.Prof., Economic Dept. WTSU Station, Canyon, TX

!~ke &Marcy Wenzler, 2606 22nd St., Lubbock, TX 79410- 806-762-8950 Television contacts:

KNv~ - Amarillo, Box 751, Amarillo, TX 79189 - 806-383-3321, News Direc. Steve Snyder Kf.DA - CBS, Box 1400, Amarillo, TX 79189 - 806-383-2226, News Direc. Mark Baker -KBII- ABC, Box 13000, Amarillo, TX 79101- 806-373-1787, News Direc. John Mekissack Amarillo Globe News, Box 2091, Amarillo, TX 79166, Asst. City Editor- Greg Rollo££

7 DALLAs, TX

Coordinator: Eva McMillan 4907 Newmore St. Dallas, TX 75209 214-357-5870

After a filling Texas breakfast with Steven and family, Shuping and I headed for

Dallas. It turned out to be a hotter drive than we had anticipated. One interesting aside is that small Texas towns are beginning to imitate the rest of the country with

convenient quick service shops. There still are_~· however, an abundant number of small, very Texas .establishments, which we both enjoyed more than the fast food .outlets. We finally arrived in Dallas, to be immersed in the Dallas scene of tall buildings, big

cars and big hats. We went straight out to South Dallas to the Holy Cross Catholic Church, where we

were to stay lint.il.~ Saturday. . There we met with Sister Patricia Ridgley, Sister Linda Hasek and Father Tim Gollob who welcomed us. After dinner, Sister Ridgely and I went to a Holy Cross Head Start parents meeting. It was across the street at the

school and about 30 black parents were present. I addressed the group, presenting a

general overview of the South Africa situation. The next day we met with 25 Lutheran ministers in a church in West Dallas. They

asked a lot of questions and generally were supportive. Paul Hunter, a member of · AFSC's regional committee of TAO, also came, and made some very important contributions to the discussion.

At 3: 30 we met Dum:isani Kumalo who arrived from New York to join the tour. He was

waiting for us at channel 13, the Dallas Station. Dum:isani and I

did a live 30 minute show that lit up the S1.vitchboard. Sylvia Komatsu, Mary Thomas

and Tom Grimes were the program host.. The show had a kind of McNeil-Lehrer format. It also had a large viewing audience. This, subsequently, accounted for a number of participants in other Dallas meetings.

At 7:30 we attended a reception given by the Dallas coordinating group. Tlris was the group that put together our activities in Dallas. About 50 people showed up, even

8 .. a Democratic candidate, rururing for congress.

The next morning we spent from 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at Mountainview College, where

~ we lectured to classes and had a forum that was video taped. Two excellent contacts were Mary Stupp, an instructor and Billie Washington, a counselor. In the evening at

7: 00 we began a film event at the Martin Luther King Center in Dallas. About 60 people were in and out of the room. We showed parts of four films never shown in the Dallas region before and held discussions while ch~ging films. It was a long evening .

On Friday morning we showed a fi.lm and spoke to a class at Eastfield College in suburban Dallas. TI1e witty instructor was Harvey Solganick. In the evening the teach-in began at 7:00 - 9:00. It went well with about 40 people showing up. The questions and connnents were very good. After the teach-in concluded, we had a birthday party for

Eva ''Mama" McMillan, the coordinator of our tour in Dallas. With some trepidation we went to the Saturday morning strategy session. This was a meeting set to form a city wide anti-apartheid coalition. It was held on the campus of Southern Methodist University at the Intercultural Resource Center. There were, when we arrived, 35 people present, many of whom had been at one or more of the meetings.

The fact that so many people turned out, gave those present a new feeling of purpose. We used our time to discuss strategies about how best to form a group, how to hold it together, and how to make it effective. We also talked of problems and pitfalls en­ countered by other such groups around the country. Dumisani Kumalo was especially help­

ful, when he explained what had taken place in Connecticut, Michigan and IY1assachusetts o This session was the highlight of our Dallas effort. We concluded that now there would be a n~w surge of activity in the city. Those assembled agreed to pursue, first a resolution on divestment in the city council, followed by an attempt to introduce a piece of divestment legislation. This is to be followed by an attempt to get publicity for the SAA effort to begin flights into Houston and Dallas. These activities along with their educational efforts, are going to be their major thrust in the coming months o

9 Key Contacts: Bill Stoner, 3033 Grand Ave #361, Dallas, TX 214-426-1561

Marvin Crenshaw, 6936 Clearglen, Dallas,~~ 75232 - 214-371-7773 Paul Hunter, 5544 N. Colony, Lewisville, TX 75056 - 214-370-3805 Marvin E. Walton, Box 1131, Dallas, TX 75221 - 214-421-9828 Sylvia Komatsu, 4111 Travis #2, Dallas, TX - 214-521-5256 (Channel 13) Mary Thomas. KERA-1V, 3000 Harry Hines Blvd., Dallas, TX 75201 - 214-744-1300.

Sister Pa~ricia Ridgley, Holy Cross Cahtolic Chu~ch, 2926 E. Ledbetter Dr. Da~las, TC 75216 - 214-375-3715. .· Biilie Washington, 224 Crestwood Dr., Dallas, TX 75216- 214-824-8654 Rev. Leroy Haynes - 214-421-5281 office I 214-381-5959 home Rose Mary Hall , Editor-Sepia Magazine, 2733 Oak Lawn, Dallas, TX 75219 214-521-9020 Rev. Bruce Theunissen, Exec. Director, 901 Ross Ave., Dallas, TX 75202 214-748-5235 (Greater Dallas Community of Churches) The Post Tribune, 2726 South Beekley Ave, Dallas, TX 75224 - 214-946-6812

Fr~ E. Plumlee, 3316 Russwood Lane, Garland, TX 75042 Black Catholic Community Concerns Associations Jacki McKenzie, KNOK Radio, 3600 Kimbo Rd., Ft. Worth,.TX- 214-421-8422 Pastor Martin T. Jensen (Lutheran Church) 2511 Wedglea, 626, Dallas, TX 75211 214-946-3130 Jesse Oliver, State rep. Box 8654, Dallas,. TX 75216 - 214-744-9000/942-6749 James Tyler, 5722 Alpha Rd. #1077, Dallas, TX 75240- 214-934-3425

10 AUSTIN, TX

Coordinator: Eric Frank 2008 Peoples St. Austin, TX 78702 512-478-6127

We arrived in Austin on Saturday evening and spent the night with a couple that

fled South Africa in the early sixties. The next morning at 11:30 there was a recep­

tion at Dr. Paul Warfield's house. He is ¢e head of the Afro-American Studies Depart­

ment at the University of Texas in,Austin. Beneva Nyamu, who was our Houston coordi­

nator, came up to work over our Houston itinerary. It appeared even then to be

exhaustive. About 15 people showed up for the reception and we had an excellent discussion on organizing.

At 7:00 p.m. there was a film showing and discussion at Carver Library in Austin.

About 40 people came to see "SABTU" and afterwards there was a good exchange.. At this meeting at least half of the people were students. The feeling was expressed that students are a transient lot and do not really aid the community, but once they leave

the college scene, make an impact on the community when they settle. The meeting

ended on an up note with those present indicating that they were going to do more work on Southern Africa in a more organized way.

The next day, Monday, there were two happenings . One was radio contact with a white

South African who was being interviewed on a loc~l radio station. Radio contact was made by Dumisani and a good discussion followed. The host of the show wanted to be made

aware the next time Solith. Africans were in town and said he would certainly bring

them on the air. At 4:30 we were at the Afro-American Intercultural room at the

University of Texas. We showed part of the women's film, followed by a discussion of strategy for organizing in Austin.

Key Contacts:

W. Matabane, 6601 Branching Oak, Austin, TX 78759 - 512-258-6929

Clifton Griffin, 6?20-B Del Monte Rd., Austin, TX 78741- 512-385-5605

Susan Potter, 903 Blanco, Austin, TC 78705 - 512-477-9057 AFSC Office, 1022 W. 6th St., Austin, TX 78703- 512-474-2399 11 SAN :ANTONIO, TX

Coordinator: Judith Wade 202 W. Woodlawn St. San Antonio, TX 78212 512-736-2587

At 7:30 p.m., just after the session at the University of Texas in Austin, we drove onto highway 35E to San Antonio. We arrived at Judith's house at 9:30, hooked up with a few other people, then went off to lVfario 's·, a great Mexican restaurant. After our meal, we were pretty bushed, so Shuping stayed with Mario Salas, while Dumisani and I spent the night at Linda Harris' house.

At 8: 00 the next morning we met with a small group of business people at Judith's drugstore. One banker was a part of this group. The discussion was sensitive, but frank. The meeting lasted an hour. Afterwards a reporter from the San. Antonio Express arrived with a photographer and an interview took place, which we had to cut short to make a Black Baptist Ministerial Alliance Meeting. They gave us about 30 minutes and that's a lot of time to get from Baptist ministers. An ex-city council member intro­ duced us and set the tone for a moving and very beneficial meeting.

At 1:30 we met with a reporter at the San Antonio Light, the city's second newspaper.

Brett Skaktm, the reporter, wc;ts from Atlantic City and had just moved to San Antonio after losing his job at the Philadelphia Bulletin.

At 3: 00 we had a rather bland meeting with the Editorial Board of the San Antonio

Express. They asked few truly provocative questions and seemed more interested in getting information than challenging our interpetation of events. After the editorial meeting at the Express we took a walk along the river which led us back to Judy's drug­ store. At 6: 00 we departed for the meeting that was to be hosted by city councilman

Joe Webb. The meeting was large, with a lot of different kinds of people showing up.

We viewed the last reel of "Last Graves" and listened to several speeches by local leaders. State legislator Mrs. G.J. "Lou Nelle" Sutton spoke emotionally on the need ' to resist South AfFica, both politically and ecomonically. Joe Webb introduced me, and

12 I spoke about AFSC's effort, followed by Shuping and Dumisani.

~ A second meeting at Lncarnateword College was scheduled for 7:30. It was therefore necessary for me to leave early to start the second meeting. When I arrived there were 25 people in attendance. Several Friends .were present at this meeting. After the film, I gently insisted that we be allowed to leave at 10:00 p.m., because we had to drive four hours to Houston the same night.

Key Contacts:

Joe Webb, City Councilman, 2226 Burnet St., San Antonio, TX 78202 Ivirs. G.J. "Lou Nelle" Sutton, State Representative, 1144-1 E. Connnerce, San Antonio, TX 78205 - 512-224-6141 C. J. Foster, Pastor, 615 N. Mesquite St., San Antonio, TX 78202 - 512-223-9653 Linda Harris Sister Theresa Billiaud, 515 SW 24th St., San Antonio, TX 78207- 512-432-1125 Mario Salas, Box 893, San Antonio, tX 78293 San Antonio Express - (newspaper) Lemul Smith San Antonio Light - (newspaper)

13 HOUSTON, TX

Coordinator: Beneva Nyamu 5515 San Juan Houston, TX 77020 713-675-3488

We made Houston at 2:00 in the morning. Dumisani had driven while Shuping and I slept. Gay McDougall of the Southern Africa Project of the Lawyers Committee joined us in Houston. Her fresh face, was indeed welcome.

At 10:00 a.m. we arrived at the University of Houston, where we spoke at the A.D.

Bruce Religion Center. There were twenty eighth grade students and about twenty other adults, high school and college students. The last half of the women's film was shown after Shuping, Gay and I spoke.

The discussion that followed was excellent. The students, while not knowing a lot about Southern Africa, revealed a good deal of concern and interest, especially after the film.

From the University of Houston, we went to a fast food spot to eat, and at 1:45 we dashed to Houston's chaml.el 13 for a taping with Claudette Sims. Gay and Shuping did the taping and it went well. Gay's freslmess was a factor. At 3:00 there was a get together with a number of activists at Elsa's, an Ethiopian woman who brewed a 'fine cup of Ethiopian coffee.

At 7: 00 p.m. we broke into three groups and held sessions in three different parts of the city. Dumisani spoke at the Brentwood Baptist Church and reported that the gather­ ing was made up of about 25 people, who were very excited about his coming. Once the discussion got going it was so lively and long lasting, that the janitorial staff had to threaten to put them out.

Gay spoke to about 25 Lutherans at Augustana Church, and described the group, especially after viewing the Lutheran film on Namibia "Cry For Freedom", as very con­ cerned. Jerry spoke to a peace group and showed the film "Nuclear File: South Africa".

A n~er of Friends were in attendance and were moved by the film. A hefty discussion followed.

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At midnight, Jerry, Shuping and Beneva did an hour talk show on KTSU-FM. It was a fair to middling show.

~ On May 1~, the next morning, Gay visited Wheatley High School and Dumisani talked to Henderson Elementary School. Both reported having good experiences.

At 10:00, Jerry ai1d Shuping went to do a one and a half hour talk show with Michael Harris on KCOH-.AM. There were lots of calls, but some were kind of off base. We were, however invited to do a second show the next_ day. ;. In the afternoon, Tony Freemantl~ of the Houst;on Cronicle interviewed Shuping in Congressman's Mickey Lelands office. At 4:00 p.m. Gay and Dumisani went off to station KPFT-FM radio and did an excellent all-city radio show. During all this activity, a heavy rain was taking place, so we were dashing about between thunder showers. I was off in the middle of the rain to Amistad Bookstore only to find the talk cancelled. While there, however, I did have a satisfying chat with the owner, who is supportive of Southern Africa work. A 60 person rally was held that evening at the SHAPE Center, sponsored by the Black United Front. TI1e turnout was good and the discussion was provocative.

-_· .... _,· The next morning Gay and Dumisani went to do the Michael Harris show while Shuping

c and I attended a reception with El Franco Lee, a Texas state representative. At the · same time Onowale Luthuli took two films to the Martin Luther King Center for a film festival. At 9:15 Gay and Dumisani joined us at the reception. Tiris was made up of an im­ pressive group of professors, civil servants and politicians, all of whom committed

themselves to do more work on this issue. At 10:00 I rushed Gay to the airport, then returned at 12:00 to pick up Shuping, Durnisani and Beneva, and drove out to Texas Southern University (black university) to

show the film "Crossroads". ·At 7:00 we sat with 30 Houstonians to talk strategy for developing an effective Houston wide coalition against apartheid. The group members were uneasy with each

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other during the first part of the meeting. After a few sparks, however, the group settled down to planning a Soweto dinner. on June 13. The also talked about a number of other-actions in support of South African liberation.

~ Key Contacts: Tilia Cloud, 2215 Mimosa, Houston, TX 77019 - 713-528-4025 Steve Honore, 4131 Levonshire, Houston, TX. 77025 - 713-669-9870 I 527-7352

Ernest ~~11an.2306 Rosewood, Houston, TX 77006 - 713-651-7853 Omowale Luthuli, 3329 Ozark, Houston, TX 77021 - 7+3-747-6373 Zuberi Mwamba, 7211 Castleview, Houston, TX 77489 - 713-438-0240 Danny Russo, 1505 Jensen, Houston, TX - 713-228-1218 Kenneth Jackson, 7Q46 S. Dairy-Asl1ford Rd., Houston, TX 77072 - 713-933-8486 I 776-6400 ext 6443 Yvonne Williams, 9150 Gulf Freeway #181, Houston, TX 77072 - 713-943-0596 I 222-8274 Ivy Casaburri, 9610 Riddlewood Lane, #6-E, Houston, TX, 77025 - 713-432-0839 Houston Defender, 2616 South Loop West, Suite 630, Box 8005, Houston, TX - 713-660-6164 The Black Voice, 26 KRIV - TV, Houston, TX (Host: Sonceria Messiall) KMJQ- fM - Dee Ann Collins

Rev. M. Wogstad, Augustana Lutheran ~hurch, 20.05 Wheeler, Houston, TX 77004 Rev. Joe Ratliff, Brentwood Baptist Churcll, 13033 Landmark, Houston, TX ,.. Brenda Hart, Autrey House, Interfaith Peace Force KTSU-FM - Derrick Trahan Rev. Hugh Sanborn, University of Houston Jolm McMannus, Our Mother of Mercy -Scllool, 2000 Benson, Houston, TX 77020 KCOH-AM - Mike Harris Tony Freemantly, KPFT-AM - 419 Lovett, Life on Earth, Cliff Smitl1 Amistad Book Place, 5613 Almeda, Houston, TX 77004 - 713-528-3561

~1 Franco Lee ($tate representative) 370.1 Cavalcade St., Houston, TX 77026 - 713-675-0004 KTRK-TC (ABC) 3310 Bissonnet, Houston, TX 77005 - 713-666-0713 Professor Cynthia Perry, Texas Southern Univ., 3201 lfueeler St., Houston, TX 77004

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