Place: South Africa - Collections - Michigan Memories Search Results

Description:: President Obama, speaking on the death of Nelson Mandela, says Mandela "no longer belongs to us; he belongs to the ages." Obama reflects on Mandela's legacy, his journey from prisoner to President of South Africa, describes Mandela's influence on his own life, and says Mandela bent the arc of the moral universe toward justice.
Date Issued:: 2013-12-05T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:: Michigan State University. Libraries
Collection:: G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection

Description:: Robert D. Vassen, retired Associate Director of the English Language Center at Michigan State University is interviewed by John Metzler, African Studies Center Outreach Coordinator and Peter Limb, Michigan State University Librarian and Africana Bibliographer. Vassen discusses growing up in South Africa during the late 1940's and 1950's as an Indian and living in the Indian community of Fordsburg, near Johannesburg. Vassen says he was active in the Transvaal Indian Youth Congress and in 1962, joined the illegal military wing of the African National Congress (ANC). Forced into exile in London in 1964, Vassen says he continued to be an active member of the ANC and edited "Letters From Robben Island: a selection of Ahmed Kathrada's prison correspondence, 1964-1989."
Date Issued:: 2005-01-07T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:: Michigan State University. Libraries
Collection:: G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection

Description:: Jeannette Unite, South African artist and instructor at the University of Cape Town, delivers a talk entitled "Above below : the hierarchy of labor in South African mines." Unite says that the goal of her art is to document the working conditions of South African miners in a visual format. She goes on to describe the hardships which South African miners face on a daily basis. She answers questions from the audience. The event is convened by John P. Beck, professor, Michigan State University School of Human Resources and Labor Relations.
Date Issued:: 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:: Michigan State University. Libraries
Collection:: G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection

Description:: President Jimmy Carter delivers a brief speech to Nashua, Hew Hampshire high school students then answers their questions about: the coal strike, civil service, Egypt, the federal budget, religion, plans for a second term, the CIA, energy, the Panama Canal Treaty, nuclear power, foreign aid, South Africa, Apartheid, and affording a college education.
Date Issued:: 1978-02-18T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:: Michigan State University. Libraries
Collection:: G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection

Description:: 8x10 black and white Packard Co. file photograph of a 1929 Packard three-quarter left front view, parked on street. Inscribed on photo back: Packard 633, standard eight, sixth series, 8-cylinder, 90-horsepower, 133.5-inch wheelbase, 7-person sedan (body type #334), right hand drive export model, note S.A. (South Africa?) license plate #106-33.
Notes:: The original materials from this collection are located in the Special Collections at the Detroit Public Library. Additional items that were not digitized may also be available. and This metadata was created by Wayne State University Library system based on original cataloging by the Detroit Public Library
Date Issued:: 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:: Detroit Public Library and Wayne State University. Libraries
Collection:: Changing Face of the Auto Industry