In the ’70s and ’80s, college students demanded divestment as a way to put pressure on South Africa to end its apartheid policy.
A tale of two economies living in the same country.
South Africa is one of the most unequal countries in the world in terms of income distribution, and the differences often fall along racial lines.
In 1982, the University of Maine became one of the first 10 universities in the country to completely divest from South Africa.
One legacy of Mandela's fight against apartheid is activism in the U.S. against inequities in the global economy.
