The Simons papers, 1920-1965 (inclusive), [microform].

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The Simons papers, 1920-1965 (inclusive), [microform].

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The papers document the political, trade union, and intellectual life of South Africa. There are large quantities of material relating to the South African Trade Union Congress, the South African Trades and Labour Council, and the South African Congress of Trade Unions. The collection is also very strong in material relating to the African National Congress, the Communist Party of South Africa, and its successor, the South African Communist Party. There is also research material relating to Jack and Ray Alexander Simons's sociological work on the administration of criminal justice in South Africa, Southern Rhodesia, and Kenya; the health of rural Africans; health and safety in the mines; legal status of African women; class and color in South Africa; and the industrial color bar.

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Yale University Library

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Simons, R. E. (Ray Esther)

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South African Congress of Trade Unions

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Simons, H. J. (Harold Jack)

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Communist Party of South Africa

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African National Congress. Youth League

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The African National Congress (ANC) was formed in 1912 as the South African Native National Congress (it changed its name to the ANC in 1923) with the aim of replacing tribal opposition to white rule with a united African force. At first its membership was narrow - its leaders drawn from among traditional chiefs and wealthy Africans, its aims were limited and its activities were law-abiding. An attempt by J.T. Gumede to create a mass anti-imperialist movement was defeated by the moderates in 193...

South African Trades and Labour Council

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South african communist party

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