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The AAM depended on membership subscriptions and small donations from supporters to finance its campaigns. It worked hard to recruit new members but its support base was always far larger than its membership.

Christabel Gurney was active in the Anti-Apartheid Movement from 1969 to 1994. She edited the AAM’s monthly newspaper Anti-Apartheid News in the 1970s and was later secretary of Notting Hill Anti-Apartheid Group. More recently she has researched and written about the history of the AAM. 

In this clip she describes the atmosphere at the event in South Africa House held to celebrate the inauguration of Nelson Mandela as President in May 1994.

Mike Terry was the Executive Secretary of the Anti-Apartheid Movement from 1975 until it was dissolved after the inauguration of Nelson Mandela as President of South Africa in 1994.

In this clip Mike Terry talks about the broad appeal of the Anti-Apartheid Movement in the UK and its success as a single issue organisation.

Mike Terry was the Executive Secretary of the Anti-Apartheid Movement from 1975 until it was dissolved after the inauguration of Nelson Mandela as President of South Africa in 1994.

This is a complete transcript of an interview carried out in 2000 by Håkan Thörn.

Ethel de Keyser worked full-time for the Anti-Apartheid Movement from 1965 to 1974 and was appointed as its Executive Secretary in 1967. She continued to serve on the AAM Executive Committee until the mid-1980s. She later became the Director of the British Defence and Aid Fund and set up the Canon Collins Educational Trust for Southern Africa.

This is a complete transcript of an interview carried out by Håkan Thörn in 2000.

Vella Pillay was a founder member of the Anti-Apartheid Movement and served on its Executive Committee until it was dissolved after the inauguration of Nelson Mandela as President of South Africa in 1994.

In this clip Vella Pillay describes the tactics the Anti-Apartheid Movement used to set up a financial boycott of South Africa.

Vella Pillay was a founder member of the Anti-Apartheid Movement and served on its Executive Committee until it was dissolved after the inauguration of Nelson Mandela as President of South Africa in 1994.

In this clip Vella Pillay describes the tactics the Anti-Apartheid Movement used to stop bank loans tp South Africa.

Segregated facilities at Cape Town railway station in the 1950s.