MIT Shantytown, 1986

Private collection of Lawrence Kolodney
Source: Private collection of Lawrence Kolodney, African Activist Archive Project

Shantytown built by members of the MIT Coalition Against Apartheid, 28 March 1986

Shantytown built by members of the MIT Coalition Against Apartheid as part of a campaign by students to get the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to divest from companies doing business in South Africa. Moments after this picture was taken, MIT Campus Police raided the encampment and arrested all of the protesters.

African Activist Archive Project

Timeline: 1980s
Career: Community
Object: Image
Collection: Activism, Africa(n), Integration and Differentiation 1969-1994, Students