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

Edited by William Minter,
Gail Hovey, and Charles Cobb Jr.
Published by Africa World Press.
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"Anti-Apartheid Solidarity in US-South African relations"
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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.