My Mother Against Apartheid | DailyGood

March 24, 2021– “In 1955, six white women in Johannesburg said enough is enough when the government enacted a law to disenfranchise South Africans ‘mestizos’ (mestizos), terminating their right to vote. Along with a wave of other women, my mother, Peggy Levey, joined this group. Her formal name was the Constitutional Women’s Defense League, but everyone called them Black Sash. She was soon elected regional president. ” Peace worker Susan Collin Marks shares more in this excerpt from her upcoming memoir, “Singing Peace: Wisdom in Times of Conflict.” (2 readings)

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