William X. Scheinman papers, 1952-1999.

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William X. Scheinman papers, 1952-1999.

Correspondence, writings, reports, bulletins, serial issues, clippings, photographs, sound recordings, video tapes, and motion picture film, relating to American relations with Africa, the political and economic development of Kenya and other African countries, assistance to African students in the United States, and especially to the Kenyan political leader Tom Mboya. Includes correspondence with, writings by, and interviews of, Mboya.

56 ms. boxes, 3 oversize boxes, 1 framed poster.

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Mboya, Tom

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Kenyan trade union and political leader; minister for economic planning and development, 1965-1969. From the description of Tom Mboya papers, 1950-1969. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 123429940 ...

Scheinman, William X., 1927-

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President, African American Students Foundation; director, American Committee on Africa. From the description of William X. Scheinman papers, 1952-1999. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 123401700 Biographical/Historical Note 1927(?) Born 1940s Serves in U.S. Navy during World War II ...

African American Students Foundation

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American committee on Africa

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The American Committee on Africa (ACOA) was formed in 1953 as the successor to Americans for South African Resistance, then a two-year-old group formed to support the campaign of nonviolent protests against apartheid led by the African National Congress. ACOA broadened the original scope to include anticolonial struggles throughout the continent. It worked on many fronts: monitoring racist stereotyping in the media; lobbying the State Department and United Nations to adopt anti-apartheid, anti-c...