Airlift to America

The complete files of the African American Students Foundation have been donated to the Michigan State University (MSU) Libraries, and will be archived and made available to the public with the help of the African Activist Archive. A few selected samples are posted here.

SELECTED PRIMARY SOURCE DOCUMENTS FROM THE FILES OF THE
AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDENTS FOUNDATION

Cover letter and Certificate of Incorporation of African American Students Foundation

Report on Project Air-lift 1959

September 9, 1959 New York Area Program: Airlift-Africa

Report of Activities, 1959-1961, by Cora Weiss

A Statement of the Program and Plans of the African American Students Foundation, January 14, 1960

Memorandum by Frank Montero, President of the African American Students Foundation “To See African Need through African Eyes.” (1960)

Letter of Ted Kheel to Sargent Shriver dated September 13, 1960

Cora Weiss, Student Adviser, Letter of December 9, 1960 to U.S. colleges

Letter to Tom Mboya from William Scheinman, dated June 4, 1961

February 1961, Statement of the African American Students Foundation Program and Plans

Minutes of Special Joint Meeting of Members and Directors of the African American Students Foundation, February 1962

Support for this website was provided by the TASK Foundation, named for its founders, Ted and Ann S. Kheel, who helped organize the airlift and hosted airlift students at their house.