David Lyons and Matthew Lyons Cornell divestment movement collection, 1976-1987.

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David Lyons and Matthew Lyons Cornell divestment movement collection, 1976-1987.

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Reports; legal documents; memos; and articles, leaflets, posters, and other publications, all relating to the movement for Cornell divestment in South Africa.

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Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.

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Lyons, Matthew Nemiroff

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Cornell University

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Lyons, David, 1935-....

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Matthew Lyons (Cornell University Class of 1986) helped to organize and participated in the first divestment sit-ins at Cornell's Day Hall in April-May 1985, as well as the May 8, 1985 action, "Take It To the Straight." In the fall of 1985, he helped to coordinate the divestment movement's daily sit-ins and civil disobedience at Day Hall. David Lyons, Matthew's father, is professor of law and philosophy at Cornell University. He was part of the first group of Cornell faculty and staff to be arre...