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Velveteen Illusions And Daily Mini ''1919s'': Constructing Societies That 'Belong To All', Prexy Nesbitt Jan 2016

Velveteen Illusions And Daily Mini ''1919s'': Constructing Societies That 'Belong To All', Prexy Nesbitt

Rozell 'Prexy' Nesbitt Writings and Speeches

Prexy Nesbitt, a Chicago-based anti-apartheid activist and educator, delivered this lecture at the Illinois Humanties Council- Elective Studies Supper Club. 12 pages.


Interview Of Michael R. Dillon, Ph.D., J.D., Michael R. Dillon, Ph.D., J.D., John A. Prendergast Apr 2013

Interview Of Michael R. Dillon, Ph.D., J.D., Michael R. Dillon, Ph.D., J.D., John A. Prendergast

All Oral Histories

Dr. Michael Richard Dillon (1942-2020) was a Professor and Chair of the Political Science Department at La Salle University in Philadelphia. He grew up in Wilmette, Illinois, a suburb just outside of Chicago, where he spent many years before opting to attend the University of Notre Dame for his undergraduate and, later, his graduate and doctoral degrees. Dr. Dillon first came to La Salle in 1968, where he spent 17 years as a member of the Political Science Department under the Chair at the time, Robert Courtney. After obtaining a J.D. from Temple University, Dr. Dillon left La Salle in …


Young, Berenice, B. 1866? (Sc 172), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 2011

Young, Berenice, B. 1866? (Sc 172), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 172. Letters, 1889-1893, of Berenice Young to Jennie McKenney, Maquon, Illinois. She writes of her activities and their mutual friends, including former classmates at Glasgow Normal School, Glasgow, Kentucky. She also writes of her visit to a clairvoyant and teaching in Texas and Mississippi. Includes 1966 letters of McKenney's niece with biographical information.


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.


Black History Month Speech "The Power Of Education And Reconciliation: Implication Of The South African Experience For African American Students, Prexy Nesbitt Feb 2005

Black History Month Speech "The Power Of Education And Reconciliation: Implication Of The South African Experience For African American Students, Prexy Nesbitt

Rozell 'Prexy' Nesbitt Writings and Speeches

Prexy Nesbitt, a Chicago-based anti-apartheid activist and educator, delivered this speech at the Black History Month Celebration at DePaul University O'Hare and Rolling Meadows campus in the Chicago, Illinois area. 15 pages.


Concluding Thoughts To An Education Course, Prexy Nesbitt May 1999

Concluding Thoughts To An Education Course, Prexy Nesbitt

Rozell 'Prexy' Nesbitt Writings and Speeches

Prexy Nesbitt, a Chicago-based anti-apartheid activist and educator, delivered these remarks to his class at DePaul University, Chicago, Illinois at the close of the spring quarter. 2 pages.