• I Co-Convenors: PO Box 585 Chauncy Bailey Jamaica Plain, MA 02130 Dir. Black Press Inst. (617) 522-3260 Dr. Jan Carew Coordinating Committee: Professor Northwestern U. Michael Kohn Rev. AI Sampson David White Fernwood Utd. Meth. Church August 10, 1982 Jenny Patchen Rep. Gus Savage Steven Kahn U.S. Congress Endorsers: Dear Representative: John Bellamy Coord. Biko Mem. Ctte. I am writing in regards to a distinguished international scholar, Dr. Norman Bennett Dr. Dennis V. Brutus, who has recently applied for political asylum Pres. African Studies Assn. in the from a life threatening deportation to Joseph Bruchac III Ed. GREEN~ELD REVIEW Southern Africa. Norm Watkins Clergy & Laity Concerned If Dr. Brutus is deported to South Africa, he will immediately be Robert Chrisman imprisoned under the terms of an exit-permit he was forced to Publisher BLACK SCHOLAR sign upon being exiled by the South African apartheid government. Jennifer Davis If deported to Zimbabwe, Dr. Brutus' life will ?e in danger at Exec. Dir. American the hands of the South African Secret Police, who are operating Ctte. On Africa in that country. See attachment. Dr. John Domnisse Exec. Secy. ACCESS Lorna Evans As an international human rights advocate, Dr. Brutus is in the Pres. Hawaii Literary forefront of opposition to apartheid and oppression in South Arts Council Africa. As a result, his deportation would represent a tremendous Dr. Thomas Hale blow to world freedom. Furthermore, Dr~ Brutus' background as a Pres. African Lit. Assn. tenured professor at Northwestern UnIversity and as an acclaimed Dr. Richard Lapchick poet and scholar escalates the urgency of halting his deportation. Natl. Chairperson ACCESS Lisel Mueller Winner American Book Currently Dr. Brutus' case is before the Department of State. At Award for Poetry any moment an advisory opinion regarding Dr. Brutus' request for Robert Prince political asylum will be forthcoming. I urgently ask you for V/Chair U.S. Peace Col. assistance by sending a letter in support of Dr Brutus' request for Harold Quigley political asylum. Please direct your correspondence to: Emeritus Eth. Humanist Socy. Jean Sindab Mr. ElliottAbrams Pres. Washington Office On 'Africa Asst. Secretary for Human Rights Dr. John A. Warfield Dept. of State Dir. Afro & Af-Am Studies 2201 C. Street Research Ctr. U. of Texas Washington D.C. 20520 Rep. Harold Washington U.S. Congress (with a copy to the Dennis Brutus Defense Committee, P.D.Box 585, Dr. Sarah Miles Woods Jamaica Plain, MA 02130 and Attorney Robert Baker, III W. St. Pres. Nat!. Assn. of Black Professors John, Suit 512, San Jose, CA 95113) (in formation) (organizations for With sincere thanks for your efforts. identification only) Since,rely yours,

Michael D. Kahn National Director Dennis Brutus Defense Coordinating Committee • • • r c I I ... __ ... __ 1-----_--..- Co-Convenors: PO Box 585 Chauncy Bailey Jamaica Plain. MA 02130 Dir. Black Press Inst. (617) 522-3260 Dr. Jan Carew Professor Northwestern U. August 6, 1982 Coordinating Committee: Michael Kahn Rev. AI Sampson David White Fernwood Utd. Meth. Church RELEASE Jenny Patchen Rep. Gus Savage Steven Kahn U.S. Congress THE DENNIS BRUTUS DEFENSE COMMITTEE WISHES TO Endorsers: ,MAKE AVAILABLE THE FOLLOWING CONGRESSPEOPLE John Bellamy WHO HAVE" LENT THEIR SUPPORT TO DATE. Coord. Biko Mem. Ctte. Dr. Norman Bennett SENATORS: Pres. African Studies Assn. Bill"B~adley (D-NJ) Alan Cranston (D-CA)' Joseph Bruchac III Ed. GREENFIELD REVIEW Christopher Dodd (D-CT) Dave Durenberger (R-MN) Norm Watkins Mark Ha,tfield (R-OR)·· Ernest Hollings (D-SC) Clergy & Laity Concerned Henry Jackson (D-WA) Edward Kennedy (D-MA) Robert Chrismarf Carl Levin (D-MI) Howard Metzenbaum (D-OH) Publisher BLACK SCHOLAR George Mitchell (D-ME) Calaiborne Pell (D-RI) Jennifer Davis Charles Percy (R-IL) Warren Rudman (R-NH) Exec. Dir. American (D-MA) Lowell Weicker, Jr. (R-CT) Ctte. On Africa Dr. John Domnisse Exec. Secy. ACCESS CONGRESS: Lorna Evans Pres. Hawaii Literary Adabbbo (D-NY) Frank Annuzio (D-IL) Arts Council Joseph Don Bailey (D-PA) Dr. Thomas Hale Michael Barnes (D-MD) (D~CA) Pres. African Lit. Assn. Berkley Bedell (D-IA) Dr. Richard Lapchick Edward Boland (D-MA) Natl. Chairperson ACCESS Don Banker (D-WA) William Brodhead (D-MI) Lisel Mueller George Brown (D-CA) Sherley Chisholm (D-NY) Winner American Book Silvio Conte (R~MA) John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI) Award for Poetry George Crockett,Jr. (.'D·~MI) Julian Dixon (D-CA) Robert Prince Tom Downey (D-NY) Bob Edgar (D-PA) V/Chair U.S. Peace Col. Don Edwards (D-CA) Arlen Erdahl (D-MN) Harold Quigley Emeritus Eth. Humanist Socy. Walter Fauntroy (D-D.C.) Millicent Fenwick (R-NJ) Jean Sindab Floyd Fithian (D-IN) (D-MA) Pres. Washington Office Samuel Gejdenson (D-CT) William Goodling (R-PA) On Africa Margret Heckler {R-MAl Dale Kildee (R-MI) Dr. John A. Warfield Mickey'Leland (D-TX) Mike Lowry (D-WA) Dir. Afro & Af-Am Studies Edward Markey (D-MA) Norman Mineta (D-CA) Research Ctr. U. of Texas Parren Mitchell (D-MD) John Moakley (D-MA) Rep. Harold Washington Obers~ar U.S. Congress Anthony Moffett (D-CT) ,James (D-MN) Dr. Sarah Miles Woods Thomas O'Neill, Jr. {D-MN Jerry Patterson (D-CA) Pres. Natl. Assn. of Claude Pepper (D-FL) John Porter (R-IL) Black Professors Charles Rangel (D-NY) Benjamin Rosenthal (D-NY) (in formation) (D-IL) ~us Savage (D-IL) (organizations for identification only) Patrlcia Schroeder (D-CO) Charles Schumer (D-NY) Paul Simon (D-IL) Olympia Snowe (R-ME) Stephen Solarz (D-NY) Fortney Stark, Jr. (D-CA) , :(D-MA) Bruce Vento (D-MN) Harold Washington (D-IL) Ted Weiss (D-NY) - Howard Wolpe (D-MI)

SINCERE THANKS FOR ALL WHO HAVE'LENT SUPPORT.