Research Catalog

Title

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

Author

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

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Additional Authors

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

Description

13 reels.

Summary

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.

Subjects

• Black people > Political activity > South Africa
• South Africa > Politics and government > 20th century
• Gcabashe, Thuthukile
• South Africa > Race relations
• Luthuli, A. J (Albert John), 1898-1967
• Apartheid
• Trials (Sedition) > South Africa
• Black nationalism > South Africa
• Non-European Unity Movement (South Africa)
• Trials (Political crimes and offenses) > South Africa
• Xuma, Alfred B (Alfred Bitini), 1893-1962
• African National Congress
• Luthuli, Nokukhanya, 1904-
• Civil rights > South Africa
• South Africa > History > 1909-1961
• South Africa > Social conditions
• South African Indian Congress
• Political parties > South Africa
• Black author
• Pan Africanist Congress
• Mandela, Nelson, 1918-2013
• Anti-apartheid movements
• Black militant organizations > South Africa

Note

• 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)

• Originals returned to Luthuli family after filming.

Biography (note)

• 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)

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

Call Number

Sc Micro R-7589

OCLC

• 122626009
• 122626009

Author

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

Title

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

Series

Gcabashe, Thuthukile.

Reproduction

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

Biography

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.

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Local Subject

Black author.

Added Author

Matthews, Z. K. (Zachariah Keodirelang), 1901-1968.

Champion, A. W. G. (Allison Wessels George), 1893-1975.

Tambo, Oliver, 1917-1993.

Ngoyi, Lilian, 1911-1980.

Mbeki, Govan, 1910-2001.

Mda, A. P., 1916-1993.

Msimang, H. Selby, 1886-1982.

Gcabashe, Thuthukile.

Federation of South African Women.

Research Call Number

Sc Micro R-7589