Council on African Affairs

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{"value"=>"<p>The file for the <span class=\"corpname\">Council on African Affairs</span> consists of correspondence, reports, resolutions, press releases and clippings. Correspondents in this sub-series include: <span class=\"persname\">Lord Halifax</span>, British ambassador to Washington (1944); <span class=\"persname\">Edward Stettinius</span>, chairman of the United States delegation to the <span class=\"corpname\">United Nations</span> on the subject of colonial trusteeship, then under consideration in regard to the United Nations charter; the <span class=\"persname\">Natal Indian Congress</span> in South Africa, founded by Mahatma Gandhi in 1894; <span class=\"persname\">Oliver Tambo</span>, General Secretary of the <span class=\"corpname\">African National Congress</span> in South Africa (1954), and <span class=\"persname\">Mrs. Funmi Ransome Kuti</span>, a Nigerian school teacher and mother of the \"Afro-beat\" band leader <span class=\"persname\">Fela Anikulapo Kuti</span>. Also included are two different drafts of <span class=\"persname\">Robeson</span>'s message to the <span class=\"corpname\">Asian-African Conference</span> in Bandung (Indonesia) in 1955 and related correspondence.</p>"}

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  1. Correspondence
  2. Speeches
  3. Petitions and resolutions
  4. Bandung Conference
  5. Spotlight on Africa newsletter
  6. News Releases
  7. Newspaper clippings
  8. Printed matter