The Church, South Africa and Apartheid

Demonstration

As part of this effort, ESCRU coordinated Episcopal participation in a November demonstration at the Chase Manhattan Bank and the Episcopal Church Center to protest Church investments in the bank, which had provided loans to the South African government. Working with the Committee of Conscience Against Apartheid, ESCRU also encouraged individual Episcopalians to move their accounts from Chase Bank. [Sources]

Protest Outside Of Chase Bank

A demonstration, sponsored by the Committee of Conscience Against Apartheid, held in front of Chase Manhattan Bank as part of the continuing campaign for withdrawal of accounts due to Chase’s direct financial support to the government of South Africa, 1966.

Protest Outside Of The Episcopal Church Center

ESCRU members holding hands in front of the Episcopal Church Center, 1966.