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Activist beaten in college library protests over South Africa
Richard Lapchick, 32, Virginia Wesleyan College political science instructor and head of the American Committee for Equality in Sport and Society, was bound and beaten in his office. Two masked men accused him of being a nigger lover as they attacked then fled. he suffered hernia, kidney damage, and facial and abdominal injuries. Police investigated the incident tied to his Nashville protests against South Africa’s racial policies and a Vanderbilt student’s selection for a Davis Cup junior team.
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