Office files of The American Poetry Review, 1981

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Office files of The American Poetry Review, 1981

Comprises 2 items, 3 leaves correspondence plus manuscripts for publication. Contains letters and material on behalf of Dennis Brutus and petition to allow Brutus status as permanent residence in the U. S.

1 folder.

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Brutus, Dennis, 1924-2009

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Born in 1924, Dennis Brutus is a South African-born poet and human rights activist who spearheaded a successful campaign to ban apartheid South Africa from international sport competitions. He founded the South African Sports Association in 1961 and the South African Non-Racial Olympic Committee (SAN-ROC) in 1963, and was subsequently arrested and jailed, placed under house arrest, and banned from all literary, academic and political activities. He went into exile in 1966 and has lived in the Un...

Leahy, William Augustine, 1867-

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