17 Held in Washington Protest
From United Press International
Police arrested 17 people outside the South African Embassy in Washington today in the first of dozens of demonstrations across the United States to mark the 10th anniversary of the Soweto uprising.
Among those arrested without incident were Randall Robinson, executive director of the TransAfrica organization, Walter E. Fauntroy, the District of Columbia’s congressional delegate, and Mary Francis Berry, a member of the U.S. Civil Rights Commission.
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