Identity area
Reference code
ZA COM MR-AAO-256
Title
Oberlin Coalition for the Liberation of Southern Africa
Date(s)
- 1978-01-01 - 1980-12-31 (Accumulation)
Level of description
Collection
Extent and medium
Oberlin College holds a collection of materials, covering the period 1977 - early 1990s. It contains articles and petitions in support of shareholder resolutions seeking the withdrawal of General Motors and Gulf Oil from South Africa. The Oberlin Committee for the liberation of Southern Africa (OLCSA) and the Oberlin Committee on Southern Africa (OCSA) are covered in the collection.
Context area
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Oberlin Coalition for the Liberation of Southern Africa (OCLSA) was a student anti-apartheid organisation at Oberlin College. OCLSA campaigned to get Oberlin College to divest from companies doing business in South Africa.