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Interview With Zeva Schub, Lynette Marie Reid
Interview With Zeva Schub, Lynette Marie Reid
Chicago Anti-Apartheid Movement
Length: 67 minutes
Oral history interview of Zeva Schub by Lynette Marie Reid
Zeva Schub’s activism began early during her time in high school. She was involved in civil rights activism and carried it over when she went to college at the University of Illinois. She describes the influence of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. had on her and her sister, who was involved in the Anti-apartheid movement in Chicago, which is what prompted her to join the cause. She describes becoming a member of CIDSA (Coalition for Illinois Divestment in South Africa) and joining other organizations that were opposed …
Interview With Cheryl Johnson-Odim, Carrie Armbruster
Interview With Cheryl Johnson-Odim, Carrie Armbruster
Chicago Anti-Apartheid Movement
Length: 57 minutes
Oral history interview of Cheryl Johnson-Odim by Carrie Armbruster
Johnson-Odim describes her introduction to South African Apartheid in junior high school through her music teacher, S. Carol Buchanan, who was good friends with the musical director for Harry Belafonte. After auditioning and being chosen to sing on his album, “The Streets I’ve Walked,” Belafonte took Johnson and the other singers to watch South African Boot Dancers, who later went to teach the students about the apartheid regime in South Africa. She describes how her involvement in the civil rights of African Americans and the rights of women …
Interview With Mary Patten, Blair Allen Mishleau
Interview With Mary Patten, Blair Allen Mishleau
Chicago Anti-Apartheid Movement
Length: 91 minutes
Oral history interview of Mary Patten by Blair Allen Mishleau
Mary Patten talks about her experiences during the 1960s and how the assassination of both Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert F. Kennedy contributed to her consciousness. She describes wanting to be in the fight for equality at an early age by remembering her mother not letting go of her hand during to a protest during that time. Patten then describes the environment of her college education and its effect on her activism and her beliefs in equality. She mentions her role in Students for a Democratic …
Interview With Carol Thompson, Marcia Monaco
Interview With Carol Thompson, Marcia Monaco
Chicago Anti-Apartheid Movement
Length: 91 minutes
Oral history interview of Carol Thompson by Marcia Monaco
In this interview, Carol Thompson recalls her involvement and work in the anti-apartheid movement. She explains that her awareness of the anti-Apartheid movement began while at Northern Illinois University, but she first became involved after she moved to Chicago, when she met South African author, Donald Woods, which led to her involvement in the Dennis Brutus’ defense committee. She recalls that she initially worked with Clergy and Laity Concerned and later, alongside Prexy Nesbitt, became a founding member of CIDSA, which was committed to passing legislation in Chicago …
Interview With Basil Clunie, Juston Ori
Interview With Basil Clunie, Juston Ori
Chicago Anti-Apartheid Movement
Length: 73 minutes
Oral history interview of Basil Clunie by Juston Ori
Basil Clunie recalls growing up in New York, attending cricket games, and following the Dodgers baseball team, especially Jackie Robinson. Education was an important part of his family, as his parents came to New York to for education, with his mother earning a degree in math and his father a pharmacy degree. He mentions describes about the organizations he worked with during his time in the anti-apartheid movement and recalls the sparked his activism in 1961. He discusses the 1964 race riots in Harlem, Marcus Garvey, Malcolm X, …
Interview With Jeremiah Wright, Arlen Parsa
Interview With Jeremiah Wright, Arlen Parsa
Chicago Anti-Apartheid Movement
Length: 175 minutes
Oral history interview of Jeremiah Wright by Arlen Parsa
Rev. Wright begins by describing his family, his “atypical” childhood, and his early aspirations to become a seminary professor. He explains the impact that the civil rights sit-ins had on his perspective and direction of his career path, attending college, joining the military, and entering the seminary. He explains how he became involved in the anti-Apartheid movement through his acquaintance with South African students in Chicago, his participation in TransAfrica and Commission for Racial Justice, and his involvement in divestment efforts within the churches. He reviews the history …
Interview With Rachel Rubin, Brandi Schaeffer
Interview With Rachel Rubin, Brandi Schaeffer
Chicago Anti-Apartheid Movement
Length: 88 minutes
Oral history interview of Rachel Rubin by Brandi Schaeffer
Dr. Rubin begins by recalling her childhood in Chicago, raised with her twin brother and younger sister, in an ethnically diverse north side neighborhood. She explains how she became involved in activism work at the University of Illinois as part of a Campus program that helped her learn more about activism, discussing topics like Marxism and socialism. She mentions her involvement in the campus protests demanding the university divest from the South Africa. She describes joining CIDSA (Committee for Illinois Divestment in South Africa), later known as CCISSA …