Lisa Brock Anti-Apartheid Collection
 

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Photograph of woman on the roof of a car holding a sign reading Apartheid Rugby is Not Sport. The vehicle, a Cadillac, has a license plate that reads RUGBY 2. The image was taken in protest against the South African rugby team, the Springboks, planned matches in 1981 with United States rugby teams, including Chicago, in violation of the United Nations Sports Ban.

Publication Date

7-31-1981

City

Chicago, Illinois

Keywords

activism, United States, Springboks, rugby, Chicago, Illinois, protest

Disciplines

African Languages and Societies | American Studies | Cultural History | History | Oral History | Race, Ethnicity and Post-Colonial Studies | Social History

Comments

This item is part of the Lisa Brock Collection at the College Archives and Special Collections department of Columbia College Chicago. Contact archives@colum.edu for more information and to view more of the collection.

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