Jesse Jackson on South Africa

Title

Jesse Jackson on South Africa

Genre

News report; Speech

TX Date

5 Feb 1990

Year of production

1990

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Duration

00:02:37

Description

Simon Bowden reports on a meeting between former US Presidential candidate and civil rights activist, Reverend Jesse Jackson and UK Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher in London, where he urged her to step up pressure on the South African Government for the release of ANC leader, Nelson Mandela, from jail. Also reports on a rally in Hackney, East London where Jesse Jackson said it was much too early to relax sanctions on South Africa.

Contributors

Jesse Jackson; Simon Bowden

Keywords

Political prisoners; Margaret Thatcher; South Africa; Apartheid; Economic sanctions; Black African peoples; Political activists; Nelson Mandela; Jesse Jackson

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