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12019-04-22T17:17:58+00:00Why They Fought1plain182019-04-22T17:17:58+00:00Many campuses across the United States encouraged and campaigned for divestment from South Africa. Student involvement in the issue took the form of workshops, film showings, picket lines, and candlelight vigils. On November 1-2, 1985, SFCAAP went to an anti-apartheid conference in New York City hosted at Hunter College. The conference gathered at least 350 people form various colleges and universities, and featured speeches by representatives from the University of California Berkeley, Columbia University, and the University of Wisconsin. By 1988, 155 universities had divested.