No Easy Victories: African Liberation and American Activists over a Half Century, 1950-2000

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Work a Day for Freedom
A Short History of the Bay Area Free South Africa Labor Committee
by David Bacon

No Easy Victories Photo, page 49

Original caption
Gathering in support of South African political prisoners, Israel Baptist Church, Washington, DC, 1991. Aleah Bacquie, left, coordinator of the ACOA’s Religious Action Network, confers with Rev. Morris Shearin, center, and a church deacon. Photo © Rick Reinhard.

Additional information
The third person in the photo is William Branson Cooke, II (1927-1998). He was a highly respected leader in Walker Memorial Baptist Church, a lifelong community activist and, along with Rev. Shearin, an active leader of the Washington, DC branch of the NAACP.