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Mandela in Chicago

Origin date
14 Feb 2021
Updated
1 Mar 2021
Mandela in Chicago

Summary

Before the Black Lives Matter Movement, there was the Free South Africa Movement. Chicago activists played a major role in putting pressure on the South African, Illinois and Chicago governments to end their support of apartheid. This activism led to Nelson Mandela’s release and his 1993 visit to Chicago.
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South African History Online. (2021, February 24). Mandela in Chicago. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0150751

South African History Online (2021) 'Mandela in Chicago', South African History Online, 24 February. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0150751 (Accessed: 28 August 2026).

South African History Online, Mandela in Chicago [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0150751, (accessed 28 August 2026).

"Mandela in Chicago." South African History Online, 24 Feb. 2021, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0150751. Accessed 28 Aug. 2026.

South African History Online. "Mandela in Chicago." South African History Online. February 24, 2021. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0150751.

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