pic7807. Mandela’s 60th birthday

pic7807. Mandela’s 60th birthday

Anti-apartheid supporters and ANC members picketed South Africa House to mark Nelson Mandela’s 60th birthday on 18 July 1978. In the House of Commons Prime Minister James Callaghan sent birthday greetings, and politicians and trade unionists signed a birthday card which they tried to hand in at South Africa House.

Category: 1970s
Copyright: Karl Weiss/NW Photos
Holding Institution: AAM Archive, Bodleian Library
Catalogue: MSS AAM 2406
Date/Year: 1978