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Additional authors

1. Matthews, Z. K. (Zachariah Keodirelang), 1901-1968
2. Champion, A. W. G. (Allison Wessels George), 1893-1975
3. Tambo, Oliver, 1917-1993
4. Ngoyi, Lilian, 1911-1980
5. Mbeki, Govan, 1910-2001
6. Mda, A. P., 1916-1993
7. Msimang, H. Selby, 1886-1982
8. Gcabashe, Thuthukile
9. Federation of South African Women

Description

1. 13 reels.

Summary

1. The Albert J. Luthuli papers document Chief Luthuli's leadership in the struggle against the apartheid system in South Africa and the growth of the ANC after 1949 into a mass based and increasingly militant freedom organization. Included are materials from the 1952 Defiance Campaign; the 1955 Congress of the People which gave birth to the Freedom Charter; the Treason Trials of ANC leaders; the Rivonia Trial; the struggle against the pass laws and other discriminatory legislation; and the international movement against the apartheid system. Other documents pertain to the Federation of South African Women, the Bantu Education Act, A.G.W. Champion, the Pan Africanist Congress, the Non-European Unity Movement, the ANC Youth League, the campaign against the Coloured Affairs Department (Anti-CAD), the South African labor movement, and Swaziland and the Bantustan system.

Subject

1. Luthuli, A. J. 1898-1967
2. Xuma, Alfred B. 1893-1962
3. Luthuli, Nokukhanya, 1904-
4. Mandela, Nelson, 1918-2013
5. Gcabashe, Thuthukile
6. African National Congress
7. Pan Africanist Congress
8. South African Indian Congress
9. Non-European Unity Movement (South Africa)
10. Apartheid
11. Anti-apartheid movements
12. Trials (Sedition) -- South Africa
13. Trials (Political crimes and offenses) -- South Africa
14. Black nationalism -- South Africa
15. Civil rights -- South Africa
16. Political parties -- South Africa
17. Black militant organizations -- South Africa
18. Black people -- Political activity -- South Africa
19. South Africa
20. South Africa -- History -- 1909-1961
21. South Africa -- Race relations
22. South Africa -- Politics and government -- 20th century
23. South Africa -- Social conditions

Call number

1. Sc Micro R-7589

Note

1. Microfilm reels may not be duplicated without permission from the Curator of Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Book Division, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, 515 Malcolm X Blvd., New York, NY 10037 and Nokukhanya Luthuli.

Reproduction (note)

1. Originals returned to Luthuli family after filming.

Biography (note)

1. Albert John Luthuli, 1898-1967, was an African leader in the Republic of South Africa and former Zulu chief; president of the African National Congress (ANC); first African to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, 1960, for his role in the non-violent struggle against apartheid.

Provenance (note)

1. Compiled from the files of Mary Benson, a Luthuli biographer, and from documents initially in the possession of Nokukhanya Luthuli, Albert Luthuli's widow.

Author

1. Luthuli, A. J. (Albert John), 1898-1967.

Title

1. Albert J. Luthuli papers, 1906-1975 (bulk 1940-1960).

Series

1. Gcabashe, Thuthukile.

Reproduction

1. Originals returned to Luthuli family after filming. Pennsylvania Preservation Resources, 2000.

Biography

1. Albert John Luthuli, 1898-1967, was an African leader in the Republic of South Africa and former Zulu chief; president of the African National Congress (ANC); first African to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, 1960, for his role in the non-violent struggle against apartheid.

Provenance

1. Compiled from the files of Mary Benson, a Luthuli biographer, and from documents initially in the possession of Nokukhanya Luthuli, Albert Luthuli's widow.

Connect to:

1. Finding Aid

Local subject

1. Black author.

Added author

1. Matthews, Z. K. (Zachariah Keodirelang), 1901-1968.
2. Champion, A. W. G. (Allison Wessels George), 1893-1975.
3. Tambo, Oliver, 1917-1993.
4. Ngoyi, Lilian, 1911-1980.
5. Mbeki, Govan, 1910-2001.
6. Mda, A. P., 1916-1993.
7. Msimang, H. Selby, 1886-1982.
8. Gcabashe, Thuthukile.
9. Federation of South African Women.

Research call number

1. Sc Micro R-7589