Reference code
ZA UCT BC1051_A
Title
Civil Rights League
Date(s)
- 1979-1990 (Creation)
Level of description
Series
Extent and medium
9 files
Name of creator
(1948-)
Administrative history
The Civil Rights League was founded in 1948 in response to the National Party intention to remove "Coloured' voters from the Parliamentary Voters' Roll. The League's objectives were to protect existing civil rights in South Africa, extend these rights to all citizens irrespective of race, color or creed, and to inform the public of the civil rights to which they were,
or should be, entitled.
or should be, entitled.
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Scope and content
A1 Committee 1979-1990
A2 Dot Cleminshaw's letters to the Press etc. 1979-1990
A3 1982-1983 Reports on Detention/Trials/Bannings etc.
A4 Brian Bishop 1981-1986 (including his death)/Di Bishop
A5 Press Freedom 1986-1987
Anthony Heard's dismissal from the Cape Times
A6 New South African Constitution 1983
A7 Black Political Rights Letter 1986
A8 Detentions and Bannings
A9 Death Sentence
A2 Dot Cleminshaw's letters to the Press etc. 1979-1990
A3 1982-1983 Reports on Detention/Trials/Bannings etc.
A4 Brian Bishop 1981-1986 (including his death)/Di Bishop
A5 Press Freedom 1986-1987
Anthony Heard's dismissal from the Cape Times
A6 New South African Constitution 1983
A7 Black Political Rights Letter 1986
A8 Detentions and Bannings
A9 Death Sentence