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In Obama's Backyard: Global Chicago And Global Apartheid, Prexy Nesbitt Apr 2009

In Obama's Backyard: Global Chicago And Global Apartheid, Prexy Nesbitt

Rozell 'Prexy' Nesbitt Writings and Speeches

Prexy Nesbitt, a Chicago-based anti-apartheid activist and educator, authored this article for Safundi: The Journal of South African and American Studies, vol. 10, no. 2. 9 pages.


Apartheid Chicago: A Brief Report On The Situation Of African Americans In Chicago And Implications Of That Situation For The American Friends Service Committee (Afsc), Prexy Nesbitt Mar 2005

Apartheid Chicago: A Brief Report On The Situation Of African Americans In Chicago And Implications Of That Situation For The American Friends Service Committee (Afsc), Prexy Nesbitt

Rozell 'Prexy' Nesbitt Writings and Speeches

Prexy Nesbitt, a Chicago-based anti-apartheid activist and educator, wrote this article for the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) about the situation of African-Americans in Chicago, Illinois and its impact on the work of the organization. 20 pages.


Article And Interview Transcript With New Haven Advocate Newspaper, Prexy Nesbitt Feb 1989

Article And Interview Transcript With New Haven Advocate Newspaper, Prexy Nesbitt

Rozell 'Prexy' Nesbitt Writings and Speeches

Prexy Nesbitt, a Chicago-based anti-apartheid activist, was featured in this article and interview with the New Haven Advocate, a newspaper in New Haven, Connecticut. At the time, he served as consultant to the government of Mozambique representing the country and its interests in the United States, Canada, and Europe. 15 pages.


Afl-Cio In Africa-- A Damning Indictment, Prexy Nesbitt Sep 1988

Afl-Cio In Africa-- A Damning Indictment, Prexy Nesbitt

Rozell 'Prexy' Nesbitt Writings and Speeches

Prexy Nesbitt, a Chicago-based anti-apartheid activist, co-authored this article with Don Will. It was published in The Guardian newspaper, United Kingdom. 2 pages.


Apartheid In Our Living Rooms: U.S. Foreign Policy And South Africa, Prexy Nesbitt Feb 1986

Apartheid In Our Living Rooms: U.S. Foreign Policy And South Africa, Prexy Nesbitt

Rozell 'Prexy' Nesbitt Writings and Speeches

Prexy Nesbitt, a Chicago-based anti-apartheid activist, authored this monograph and thanked the following for their assistance: TransAfrica, the American Committee on Africa, and the Washington Office on Africa. Also ed to Robert Lawrence, Kevin Danaher, Elizabeth Schmidt, Beth Minsky, Margaret Novicki, and Edward Hawley for their original research and their assistance. Margaret Luft was a patient and helpful reader Two people provided support Tammy Danish and Prexy's father, Rozell Nesbitt. Lastly, Marena McPherson and Jean Hardisty assisted with editing and Midwest Research performed excellent work on the political right wing. 61 pages.


The Challenge Of South Africa To Black Americans, Prexy Nesbitt Aug 1985

The Challenge Of South Africa To Black Americans, Prexy Nesbitt

Rozell 'Prexy' Nesbitt Writings and Speeches

Prexy Nesbitt, a Chicago-based anti-apartheid activist, submitted this article, co-authored with his father, Rozell Nesbitt, to Black Alumni magazine. 2 pages.


Talk To Church Group In Basle, Switzerland, Prexy Nesbitt Oct 1981

Talk To Church Group In Basle, Switzerland, Prexy Nesbitt

Rozell 'Prexy' Nesbitt Writings and Speeches

Prexy Nesbitt, a Chicago-based anti-apartheid activist, delivered this speech at a church meeting in Basle, Switzerland, while serving as the Research Secretary for the Programme to Combat Racism at the World Council of Churches.17pages.


Detroit Seminar On Role Of Transnational Corporations In South Africa And Namibia, Prexy Nesbitt Jun 1981

Detroit Seminar On Role Of Transnational Corporations In South Africa And Namibia, Prexy Nesbitt

Rozell 'Prexy' Nesbitt Writings and Speeches

Prexy Nesbitt, a Chicago-based anti-apartheid activist, delivered this statement at a seminar held in Detroit, Michigan on The Role of Transnational Corporations in South African and Namibian behalf of the World Council of Churches where he served as the Research Secretary for the Programme to Combat Racism. 5 pages.


Bern Switzerland Symposium, Prexy Nesbitt May 1981

Bern Switzerland Symposium, Prexy Nesbitt

Rozell 'Prexy' Nesbitt Writings and Speeches

Prexy Nesbitt, a Chicago-based anti-apartheid activist, delivered this speech at a symposium held in Berne, Switzerland, while serving as the Research Secretary for the Programme to Combat Racism at the World Council of Churches. 3 pages.


Taking Stock': Call For A Conference To Review Anti-Apartheid Work, Prexy Nesbitt Jan 1980

Taking Stock': Call For A Conference To Review Anti-Apartheid Work, Prexy Nesbitt

Rozell 'Prexy' Nesbitt Writings and Speeches

Prexy Nesbitt, a Chicago-based anti-apartheid activist, wrote this conference proposal to look at the state of anti-apartheid efforts with central questions to address such as what have we been doing?, where have we been? and where are we headed? during the time he worked as the Research Secretary for the Programme to Combat Racism of the World Council of Churches. 11 pages.


Rhodesia: "The Slipperty Slopes Of Intervention", Prexy Nesbitt Jun 1979

Rhodesia: "The Slipperty Slopes Of Intervention", Prexy Nesbitt

Rozell 'Prexy' Nesbitt Writings and Speeches

Prexy Nesbitt, a Chicago-based anti-apartheid activist, delivered this talk for the In the Public Interest radio show. At the time, Prexy Nesbitt was Director, Inter Press Service Africa Project Washington D.C. 2 pages.


Raising Investors Consciousness: The Campaign Against Investments, Prexy Nesbitt Mar 1978

Raising Investors Consciousness: The Campaign Against Investments, Prexy Nesbitt

Rozell 'Prexy' Nesbitt Writings and Speeches

Prexy Nesbitt, a Chicago-based anti-apartheid activist, co-wrote this piece with Timothy H. Smith, published in Christianity and Crisis. Timothy H. Smith was then director of the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility and Prexy Nesbitt was then associate director of the American Committee on Africa and coordinator of the Committee to Oppose Bank Loans to South Africa. 4 pages.


National Liberation Movements And Multinational Gnomes: The Current Situation In Southern Africa, Prexy Nesbitt Sep 1977

National Liberation Movements And Multinational Gnomes: The Current Situation In Southern Africa, Prexy Nesbitt

Rozell 'Prexy' Nesbitt Writings and Speeches

Prexy Nesbitt, a Chicago-based anti-apartheid activist, delivered this talk to the National Lawyers Guild, 40th Annual Convention in Seattle, Washington, speaking to Guild members, National Union of Jurists of Cuba, and the Federation of Cuban Women in Cuba. 17 pages.


Talk To United Electrical, Radio And Machine Workers Of America, 41st International Convention, Prexy Nesbitt Sep 1976

Talk To United Electrical, Radio And Machine Workers Of America, 41st International Convention, Prexy Nesbitt

Rozell 'Prexy' Nesbitt Writings and Speeches

Prexy Nesbitt, a Chicago-based anti-apartheid activist, delivered this talk at the 41st International Convention of United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America in Cleveland, Ohio addressing labor, business, and imultinational corporate capital. 13 pages.


British Imperial Watchtower Men,* The Boers And The Importation Of Chinese Labor To South Africa, 1904-1910, Prexy Nesbitt May 1975

British Imperial Watchtower Men,* The Boers And The Importation Of Chinese Labor To South Africa, 1904-1910, Prexy Nesbitt

Rozell 'Prexy' Nesbitt Writings and Speeches

Prexy Nesbitt, a Chicago-based anti-apartheid activist, wrote this paper as a student at Northwestern University, Illinois. 52 pages.


Regaining Their History: The National Liberation Movement Against Portugese Colonialism, Prexy Nesbitt Jan 1974

Regaining Their History: The National Liberation Movement Against Portugese Colonialism, Prexy Nesbitt

Rozell 'Prexy' Nesbitt Writings and Speeches

Prexy Nesbitt, a Chicago-based anti-apartheid activist, delivered this lecture about African liberation movements, specifically addressing the National Liberation Movement in Africa to raise awareness and call for action. 8 pages.


Prophets Or Profits? The "Concern" Of The American Protestant Church With Southern Africa, Prexy Nesbitt Dec 1973

Prophets Or Profits? The "Concern" Of The American Protestant Church With Southern Africa, Prexy Nesbitt

Rozell 'Prexy' Nesbitt Writings and Speeches

Prexy Nesbitt, a Chicago-based anti-apartheid activist, wrote this paper as a student at Northwestern University, Illinois, about the American church practice of investing in Southern Africa to raise awareness and call for action. 25 pages.