pic8519. ‘Surround the Embassy’ student protest
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Hundreds of students staged a sit-down protest against apartheid in front of the South African Embassy on 19 October 1985. In a national week of student solidarity more than 300 colleges all over the country took some form of anti-apartheid action. Several Barclays branches were occupied by demonstrators and the NUS renamed its north London headquarters Nelson Mandela House.
Category: | 1980s |
Copyright: | Paul Mattson |
Holding Institution: | AAM Archive, Bodleian Library |
Catalogue: | MSS AAM 2415 |
Date/Year: | 1985 |