2010.54.20238

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Berkeley City Money Out Of South Africa And Back To Berkeley
1979
22.25 in HIGH x 17.5 in WIDE
(56.51 cm HIGH x 44.45 cm WIDE)
All Of Us Or None Archive. Gift of the Rossman Family.
2010.54.20238

Berkeley City / Money Out Of / South / Africa / And Back To / Berkeley / Vote / Yes on / A & B April 17 / Info: Berkeley Out / Of South Africa / Coalition/Yes on A-B / 642-9552





Election poster supporting voting Yes on A & B, to get Berkeley money out of South Africa. Poster has a gray, black, and white stylized illustration of a human head with chains and dollar signs around it. Background is white, and text is in black to the right of illustration.

On April 17, 1979 voters in Berkeley, California, passed the first law (Responsible Investment Ordinance) in the United States requiring a major city to remove its municipal funds from banks making loans to South Africa. [LMC]

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