Benjamin Pogrund papers, 1925-1996 (inclusive), 1955-1996 (bulk).

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Benjamin Pogrund papers, 1925-1996 (inclusive), 1955-1996 (bulk).

The papers include correspondence, writings, subject files, scrapbooks, clippings, legal documents, photographs, and other materials created and compiled by Benjamin Pogrund, South African journalist. The collectionextensively documents prison conditions in South Africa, the South African Communist Party, the Rand Daily Mail, the South African Coloured National Convention, the South African press, and many other organizations and individuals who worked to subvert apartheid. Featured individuals include Robert Sobukwe, Laurence Gandar, Raymond Louw, John Rees, and Norma Kitson; featured organizations include South African Coloured People's Congress, Pan Africanist Congress, South African Institute of Race Relations, Congress Alliance, and Search for Alternatives.

14.25 linear ft.

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SNAC Resource ID: 8022999

Yale University Library

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Louw, Raymond

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Search for Alternatives.

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Allied Publishers Limited

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Rees, J. C. (John Collwyn)

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Pogrund, Benjamin

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Benjamin Pogrund was born in Cape Town, South Africa, on May 5, 1933. He obtained degrees of Bachelor of Arts, Master of Arts, and Bachelor of Social Science at the University of Cape Town between 1950 and 1956 and Bachelor of Arts in African Studies at Witwatersrand University in 1971. From 1958 to 1985, Pogrund worked in a variety of capacities for the Rand Daily Mail. He achieved acclaim and notoriety for his reports on prison conditions and for his coverage of black South African individuals...

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South African Coloured National Convention.

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Sobukwe, Robert Mangaliso.

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Stuart, Kelsey William

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Kitson, Norma

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South African institute of race relations

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The South African Institute of Race Relations (SAIRR) was founded in 1929 to promote co-operation between the different sections of the South African population. The Institute's most important function is to accumulate factual data on the living conditions of Black, Coloured, and Indian peoples and their legal status and civil rights. From the description of South African Institute of Race Relations records, 1921-1968 (inclusive), [microform]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702692928...

Sobukwe, Veronica.

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Pan Africanist Congress

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Gandar, Laurence

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