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Structure made of cardboard and sticks, with signs denouncing apartheid attached, on a grassy area with an old elegant stone college building in the back. A few people are standing and sitting near the structures.

Student Movements Helped Fuel Divestment from Apartheid South Africa

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“Just know that it's a long-term struggle…The anti-apartheid movement started in the 1930s…In 1977, whenever I would do an educational session, nobody knew what I was talking about. Seven years later, everybody was talking about South Africa. So the constant political education is important.”