ABC | American Broadcasting Company |
ABFT | Amy Biehl Foundation Trust |
AIDS | Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome |
ANC | African National Congress |
AP | Associated Press |
APLA | Azanian Peoples’ Liberation Army |
AWB | Afrikaner Resistance Movement (Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging) |
AZAPO | Azanian Peoples’ Organization |
BFP | Biehl family papers |
CA | California |
CBS | Columbia Broadcasting System |
CDS | Centre for Development Studies |
CEO | Chief Executive Officer |
CIA | Central Intelligence Agency |
CNN | Cable News Network |
CODESA | Convention for a Democratic South Africa |
COSAG | Concerned South Africans Group |
COSAS | Congress of South African Students |
COSATU | Congress of South African Trade Unions |
CSU | California State University |
c.v. | curriculum vitae |
D.C. | District of Columbia |
DNC | Democratic National Committee |
GDP | Gross Domestic Product |
GPA | Grade point average |
IDASA | Institute for a Democratic Alternative for South Africa |
KS | Kansas |
LA Times | Los Angeles Times |
LAX | Los Angeles International Airport |
M.A. | Master of Arts |
MA | Massachusetts |
MBA | Master of Business Administration |
MESAB | Medical Education for South African Blacks |
MP | Member of Parliament |
NAACP | National Association for the Advancement of Colored People |
NADEL | National Association of Democratic Lawyers |
NASA | National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
NBC | National Broadcasting Company |
NCAA | National Collegiate Athletic Association |
NDI | National Democratic Institute for International Affairs |
NGO | Non-governmental organization |
NPR | National Public Radio |
NY | Native Yard |
NY | New York |
NYT | New York Times |
OCR | Orange County Register |
PAC | Pan Africanist Congress |
PASO | Pan Africanist Students’ Organization |
PhD | Doctor of Philosophy |
Rev. | Reverend |
SABC | South African Broadcasting Corporation |
SADF | South African Defence Force |
SADTU | South African Democratic Teachers’ Union |
SAIRR | South African Institute of Race Relations |
SAP | South African Police |
SWAPO | South West Africa People’s Organization |
TRC | Truth and Reconciliation Commission |
UCLA | University of California at Los Angeles |
UCT | University of Cape Town |
UDF | United Democratic Front |
UK | United Kingdom |
UN | United Nations |
UNESCO | United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization |
US | United States |
USAID | United States Agency for International Development |
USIS | United States Information Service |
USSR | Union of Soviet Socialist Republics |
UWC | University of the Western Cape |
WNC | Women’s National Coalition |
YMCA | Young Men’s Christian Association |