Document Reference Number | ULA/D20/5 |
Title | Letters sent to the Leicester Mercury related to the ‘Stop the Seventy Tour’ (an anti-apartheid demonstration aimed at stopping the South African Cricket team from touring England). |
Description | Includes: a press cutting of the letter Roger Backhouse sent to the Mercury in support of the campaign; manuscript drafts of the original letter; and letters from a local resident responding in opposition to the letter published in the newspapers. Roger Backhouse and the resident subsequently met for tea to further their discussions on the subject. |
Level | File |
Date | 1970 |
Extent | 1 file |
AccessStatus | Available for general access |