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Interview With Otis Cunningham, Danny Fenster
Interview With Otis Cunningham, Danny Fenster
Chicago Anti-Apartheid Movement
Length: 98 minutes
Oral history interview of Otis Cunningham by Danny Fenster
Mr. Cunningham begins by explaining what it was like growing up amidst the Civil Rights Movement in Chicago, witnessing the reactions to the assassinations of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King, Jr. He explains how he first became involved in activism for African liberation movements when he joined the African-American Solidarity Committee where he served on the editorial board of their journal and he elaborates on the work they did. He recalls the social gatherings that sprung up through the movement. He explains the complicated history and relationships …
Reflections On The Cuban Revolution, Gary Prevost
Reflections On The Cuban Revolution, Gary Prevost
Political Science Faculty Publications
When I visited Cuba in the first few days of 1992, it was not clear that the revolution would survive. Food was in relatively short supply and electricity blackouts were common. Even long-time supporters of the revolution were pessimistic about the future. Everything that had been accomplished in its first 32 years seemed in jeopardy when the Soviet Union went out of existence at the end of 1991 and canceled most of its trade deals with Cuba. The country’s gross domestic product was in the process of shrinking by 50 percent. How did the Cuban Revolution survive that shock, and …