| Title: |
Reminiscences of Helen Suzman
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| RLIN number: |
NXCP90-A16
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| Document type: |
Oral history
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| Accessibility: |
Free Only
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| Repository: |
Columbia University. Oral History Research Office
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| Collection: |
Individual Interview List Oral History Project
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| Description: |
Childhood and education in South Africa; lectureship at University of Witwatersrand, 1945-1953; elected to parliament, United Party, 1953; resignation from United Party and formation of Progressive Party, 1959; opposition to laws limiting the rights of blacks, coloreds and Indians; the history of apartheid laws; independent homelands; violent resistance to apartheid; South African involvements in other countries; labor and education rights; the United States civil rights movement as related to South Africa; visiting prisoners in South African jails; the state of prisoners and prisoner-government relations; black freedom organizations; black-Israeli tensions; benefits and problems of international sanctions; meditations on the future of South Africa. Impressions of: P.W. Botha; Nelson Mandela; Dr. H.F. Verwoerd; J.C. Smuts.
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| Extent: |
Transcript: 219 leaves, Tape: 4 reels
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| Restrictions: |
Access: Closed. Copyright by The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, 1990. Permission required to cite, quote and reproduce. Contact repository for information.
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Time span: |
Not indicated ... to 1984 (Year of interview)
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| Speaker: |
Suzman, Helen (2)
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| Speaker gender: |
Female
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| Speaker occupation: |
Civil rights activist; Legislator
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| Document date: |
1984
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| Interviewer: |
Edwin, Ed
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| Historical events discussed: |
Apartheid, South Africa, 1948-1994
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| Locations discussed: |
Africa; South Africa
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
Africa; Apartheid, South Africa, 1948-1994; Civil rights; Legislators--South Africa; Oral history; Race relations--South Africa; South Africa; South Africa--Social conditions
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| Topics discussed - Other terms: |
Blacks--Relations with Jews--South Africa; Prisons and race relations--South Africa; Prisons--correspondence--South Africa; South Africa--History--1909-1961; South Africa--History--1961-; South Africa--Politics and government--1948-1961; South Africa--Politics and government--1961-; Suzman, Helen, 1917-
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| ASP release: |
2005-06
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| Document code: |
OHI0021125-16564
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