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Interview With Constance Prince, Brett Edward King
Interview With Constance Prince, Brett Edward King
Chicago Anti-Apartheid Movement
Length: 97 minutes
Oral history interview of Constance Prince by Brett Edward King
In her interview, Ms. Prince details her difficult childhood in Florida, her first marriage, the birth of her daughter, and her divorce. She recalls how she completed her degree at Florida State University and moved with her daughter to Chicago to attend Northwestern University. She describes how she first learned of South African apartheid at Northwestern through Prexy Nesbitt. This, she explains, led to her involvement in the anti-apartheid movement: at the urging of Nesbitt and George Schmidt, she wrote a three-piece series outlining the history of …
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 …