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MS Shelf: 
BLA
MS Date: 
1955 - 1997
MS Extent: 
390 files
MS File list: 
Online
MS Historical note: 

The Black Sash was founded in 1955, the successor of the Women's Defence of the Constitution League, founded a year earlier by a group of women voters who had mobilised to protest unsuccessfully against the removal by the Nationalist Party government of the so-called coloured voters from the common voters' roll. Throughout the years of apartheid, the organisation continued in various ways to fight against human rights abuses, focusing in particular on the provision of legal and material aid to people affected by discriminatory legislation. Since 1994 the promotion of human rights has continued to be the central concern of the Black Sash, mainly through specific research projects and the operation of advice offices.
The records in this collection reflect the varied activities of the Natal Coastal Branch of the Black Sash. Killie Campbell was one of the founding members of this branch.

MS Title: 
Black Sash records
MS Scope and Content: 

Records of the Black Sash, 1956-79, relating mainly to the Natal region. Includes minute books, correspondence, press cuttings etc. The records of the Natal Coastal Branch of the Black Sash have been acquired by the Killie Campbell Africana Library over a number of years, and new records are added from time to time.
Files 52-116 contain material relating to Pensions; Files 117-145 - Black Sash nationally; Files 146-195 - the Natal Coastal Branch; Files 196 - 206 - Hillcrest Advice Bureau, Natal Coastal Region; Files 207 - 213 - Repression Monitoring Group (Human Rights, Unrest and Detention); Files 214 - 249 - Human Rights, Unrest and Detentions; Files 250 - 278 - Financial.
Files 315-371 (an earlier collection) start with the accession number KCM 33706. Files 372-391 (an earlier collection of books) start with the accession number KCM 33687 and precede KCM 33706.

MS Provenance: 
Donation
MS Local system number: 
KCAL309315

Manuscript Inventory:

INSPIRING GREATNESS