Historical Documents Part II

World Against Apartheid and International Solidarity with the Liberation Struggle

World Leaders Against Apartheid

  • Dr. W.E.B. DuBois, African-American intellectual and leader of Pan African Movement
  • The Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Leader of the Civil Rights Movement in the United States
  • Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948). "...in a way I belong to South Africa."
  • Archbishop Trevor Huddleston (1913-1998). Isitwalandwe. President of the Anti-Apartheid Movement, London
  • Sean MacBride, S.C., Foreign Minister of Ireland (1948), United Nations Commissioner for Namibia and leader of organisations for human rights and peace
  • Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru (1889-1964). Prime Minister of India, 1947-1964
  • Julius Nyerere (1922-1999). President of Tanzania 1960-1985
  • Olof Palme (1927-1986). Prime Minister of Sweden, 1969-76, 1982-86. A leader of the Socialist International
  • Bishop Ambrose Reeves (1899-1981), Former Bishop of Johannesburg
  • Paul Robeson (1898-1976). African-American athlete, actor and singer; fighter against racism and colonialism
  • Jean-Paul Sartre (1905-1980). French philosopher, writer. "Those who are Confronting Apartheid should know that they are not alone"

Conferences against Apartheid

United Nations and Agencies

Other Intergovernmental Organisations

Countries and Regions

Public Organisations

Boycotts

Campaigns

Arms and Oil Embargoes