ABSTRACT

The antiapartheid protests at George Washington University were the campus’s largest student protests since the Vietnam War. As at other universities, students advocated divestment of university finances in businesses with operations in South Africa, including through the now-iconic “shantytown” protests, which symbolized South African living conditions on campus. Under pressure from a student group, GW Voices for a Free South Africa, university leadership under President Lloyd Elliott seriously considered moving the University’s stock portfolio to a South Africa-free fund but ultimately decided such a fund was too risky. Unlike other universities of its size and prestige, GW never divested. The location of the University and the size of its South African-affected stock holdings hampered divestment efforts.

摘要

乔治华盛顿大学的反种族隔离抗议活动是自越战以来校园最大的学生抗议活动。与其他大学一样，学生们提倡剥离在南非开展业务的企业的大学财务，包括通过具有讽刺意味的“棚户区”抗议活动，这象征着南非校园的生活条件。在学生团体GW Voices争取自由南非的压力下，总统劳埃德·埃利奥特（Lloyd Elliott）领导的大学领导层认真考虑将大学的股票投资组合转移到无南非基金，但最终认为这种基金太冒险了。与其他具有同样规模和声望的大学不同，GW从未剥离。大学的所在地和受南非影响的股票持有量限制了撤资工作。