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Black Power in the Boardroom: Corporate America, the Sullivan Principles, and the Anti-Apartheid Struggle

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Jessica Ann Levy is a postdoctoral research associate in the Department of History and the Corruption Laboratory for Ethics, Accountability, and the Rule of Law (CLEAR) at the University of Virginia. She received her Ph.D. in History from Johns Hopkins University. Contact information: Corcoran Department of History, University of Virginia, Nau Hall-South Hall, Charlottesville, VA 22904. E-mail: Jessica.Levy.A@gmail.com.
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Abstract

This article traces the history of General Motors’ first black director, Leon Sullivan, and his involvement with the Sullivan Principles, a corporate code of conduct for U.S. companies doing business in Apartheid South Africa. Building on and furthering the postwar civil rights and anti-colonial struggles, the international anti-apartheid movement brought together students, union workers, and religious leaders in an effort to draw attention to the horrors of Apartheid in South Africa. Whereas many left-leaning activists advocated sanctions and divestment, others, Sullivan among them, helped lead the way in drafting an alternative strategy for American business, one focused on corporate-sponsored black empowerment. Moving beyond both narrow criticisms of Sullivan as a “sellout” and corporate propaganda touting the benefits of the Sullivan Principles, this work draws on corporate and “movement” records to reveal the complex negotiations between white and black executives as they worked to situate themselves in relation to anti-racist movements in the Unites States and South Africa. In doing so, it furthermore reveals the links between modern corporate social responsibility and the fight for Black Power within the corporation.

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Enterprise & Society , Volume 21 , Issue 1 , March 2020 , pp. 170 - 209
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Copyright © The Author 2019. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of the Business History Conference. All rights reserved. 

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Welsh, Heidi J. “Shareholder Activism.” Corporate Ethics, 9, no. 12 (1988): 9–11.Google Scholar
Afro-American (Baltimore)Google Scholar
African Business (Randburg)Google Scholar
Atlanta Daily WorldGoogle Scholar
Bay State Banner (Boston)Google Scholar
Chicago Daily DefenderGoogle Scholar
Chicago TribuneGoogle Scholar
Christian Science Monitor (Boston)Google Scholar
Fortune magazine (New York)Google Scholar
Los Angeles TimesGoogle Scholar
New Pittsburgh CourierGoogle Scholar
New York PostGoogle Scholar
New York TimesGoogle Scholar
Oakland PostGoogle Scholar
Philadelphia Daily NewsGoogle Scholar
Philadelphia TribuneGoogle Scholar
Sacramento ObserverGoogle Scholar
The Sun (Baltimore)Google Scholar
Sun Reporter (San Francisco)Google Scholar
Sunday Independent (London)Google Scholar
Wall Street JournalGoogle Scholar
Washington PostGoogle Scholar
Harold R. Sims Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ (Sims Paper)Google Scholar
Leon Howard Sullivan Papers, Stuart A. Rose Manuscript and Rare Books Library, Emory University, Atlanta, GA (Sullivan Papers)Google Scholar
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Oliver Tambo Papers, University of Fort Hare, Alice, South Africa (Oliver Tambo Papers)Google Scholar
Opportunities Industrialization Centers of America Records, Special Collections Research Center, Temple University Libraries, Philadelphia, PA (OICI Papers)Google Scholar
United States–South Africa Leader Exchange Program Papers, 1955–2003, Historical Papers, The Library, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa (USSALEP Papers)Google Scholar