THE BLACK SASH OF SOUTH AFRICA, a case study in liberalism

x + 198pp., hardback cover foxing, d.w. edgeworn, edge foxing, interior foxing, ownership inscription on f.f.e.p., pen annotations in margins, Oxford University Press, London, 1975

With a foreword by Sir Robert Birley

Published for the Institute of Race Relations

From the dust wrapper:

Cherry Michelman has written the first history of the Black Sash, tracing the evolution of this South African middle-class, white, women’s organisation from its initial, limited opposition to the Nationalist government in 1955–56 to its expanding political consciousness and growing activism for the rights of non-white South Africans. In the final chapter, Michelman and a current Black Sash member describe the organisation’s work and its efforts to oppose apartheid through protest, propaganda, advice offices, and publications.