We mustsupportthe prisoners ofapartheid. Anlericans nlust wear the bracelet with pride and dignity until the MY COUNTRY prisoners ofapartheid are released fronl the dungeons (For Mandela) ofSouth Africa. John Lewis FREEDOM I stand by the gate Schoors out Supporting the South African Freedonl Bracelet Pro­ Smoke fills the location BRACELETS jectis one tangible way thatindividuals andgroups can Tears COlne to my eyes get involved. The bracelet will serve as a constant renlinder of the plight of our brothers and sisters in I wipe them away South Africa. I walk into the kitchen Yolanda King To see my mother's Black hard-washing hands A forceful snlile fronl THE A tired face

We sit and have supper SOUTH AFRICA Bracelet Orders I pick up a picture of My father and look My mother turns away PROJECT Tries to hide Name _ My father left my mother This project as well as your engagement in the Street _ In her anus He is roughly separated struggle against the abhorrent system of apart­ heid is a valuable contribution to bring about City State Zip _ Fronl her positive change in South Africa and to strengthen Phone _ The van pulls away the momentum and encouragement to the fight Mother watches bravely enough for the elimination ofapartheid. To free political Cost: $10.00 ($5.00 for students, senior citizens, unem­ I as a child do prisonersis an importantstep on the road towards ployed), plus $1.00 for postage. Not understand that noble aim. -United Nations Special Committee Against Apartheid Checks payable to: Freedom Bracelets, Inc. April 1986 Mail to: Freedom Bracelets My heart aches Atlanta Coalition of Conscience How I long to see nlY father 222 East Lake Drive At last to hold his hand Decatur, Georgia 30030 And conlfort hinl FREEDOM BRACELETS Or at least to tell him Contact Persons: Emory Searcy or Heather Gray He~ll be back some day. ATLANTA COALITION OF CONSCIENCE Design by: Ayokunle Odeleye 222 EAST LAKE DRIVE By Sinziswa Mandela DECATUR, GEORGIA 30030 Metal: Stainless Steel (at tIle age oftwelve) (404) 377-1983 Union Made by UAW 65 Provided by Union Marketing Ideas

A project ofthe Atlanta Coalition ofConscience THE SOUTH AFRICAN APARTHEID SYSTEM FREEDOM BRACELETS BRACELETSYMBOUSM THE SOUTH AFRICAN Overview Twenty-nine million people live in South Mrica PROJECT Color today. Only the 4.5 million whites have full rights of citizenship while the nation~s twenty-one million Africans are treated as rightless foreign­ The bracelet is silver rather than gold in color as Objective ers. The Africans were born in South Mrica, work gold is symbolic of the oppressive conditions of in South Africa, and will die in South Mrica - but gold miners in South Mrica. The objective of the FREEDOM BRACELET they are black, and under South African law, the project is to enable individuals to make a state­ color of their skin makes them non-citizens. ment of solidarity with the political prisoners of Africans cannot vote, buy or sell land, live orwork the apartheid regime in South Mrica by wearing a where they choose, ormove freely. Theyhave been bracelet engraved with the name of a political Wheel Of Racial Unity stripped of power and deprived of control over prisoner- to wear the bracelet until there is one- their lives by an elaborate network of legislation person-one-vote in South Mrica. The wheel ofracial unity with five spokes, inside and custom.* the map ofMrica, represents the vision ofunity of Solidarity Can Be Expressed the five major races of the world. It symbolizes Official Violence that the struggle for liberation in South Mrica The state has consistently sanctioned a high level • As an individual reaches beyond its borders. Itis a liberation move­ ofviolence in repressing opposition to apartheid. ment for the justice ofall peoples throughout the Over the years, thousands of peaceful demon­ • As a group (student, church, union, civic, world. As Martin Luther King, Jr., said, "Injustice strators have been shot by police. Sixty-nine peo­ etc.). anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.~~ ple died at Sharpville in 1960 and at least 575 people died in 1976 during and after the Soweto uprising according to official statistics.* Proceeds N aIDe OfPolitical Prisoner Prison Population Will be given in grants to the South Africa has the highest per capita prison The name ofthe South Mrican political prisoner population in the world with 440 people jailed for • South Mrican Council ofChurches (Johannes­ is of one who is imprisoned for life. Each name, every 100,000 of the population. The equivalent burg, South Mrica) program that assists the however, is symbolic of the thousands who have figure for the U.S. is 189. Forty percent of the families of political prisoners; and the died or are presently imprisoned. Mrican prison population consists ofpeople con­ victed of pass law violations, 404o crimes'' only • Southern Mrica Project (Washington, DC) of Africans can commit.* the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under the Law that litigates the defense of South Mrica political prisoners. *South African Fact Sheet, 1/84the Africa Fundincooper­ ation with the United Nations Centre Against Apartheid.