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                         RECORDS OF THE
                  ANTI-APARTHEID SUPPORT GROUP

                             in the

             University Archives and Records Service
           University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
                    Wilson Library, CB# 3926
                   Chapel Hill, North Carolina
                           27514-8890

                            May 1992

     From 1982 to 1985 various groups, chiefly the Public
Interest Research Group, were involved in anti-apartheid
activities on campus.  The UNC Anti-Apartheid Support Group
(AASG) was organized and officially recognized as a student
organization in October of 1985.

     From 1985 to 1987 the AASG was very vocal on campus.  Its
members led the campus movement against apartheid by insisting on
divestiture of all UNC holdings in companies operating in South
Africa.  Their protests and demonstrations peaked in March and
April of 1986, when the group erected shanties in front of South
Building.

     In October of 1987, the UNC Endowment Board voted to divest
all of its holdings in companies operating in South Africa, and
the AASG dismantled shortly thereafter.

     Included in the records are clippings, articles, and
newsletters collected by the group.  There are also membership
lists; however, there is only limited correspondence.

     An inventory of the Group's records is provided on the
following page.

Box 1:
     UNC Related Materials: 
          AASG General, 1985-1987
          AASG General, undated
          UNC/Soweto (AASG Newsletter), 1986-1987
          Collateral (materials about anti-apartheid activities 
               that predated the formation of AASG), 1981-1985
          Collateral, undated
     Non-UNC Related Materials, 1980-1987 and undated