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The North American Campaign For Southern African Liberation Revisited: Lessons From Struggle, Prexy Nesbitt May 2017

The North American Campaign For Southern African Liberation Revisited: Lessons From Struggle, Prexy Nesbitt

Rozell 'Prexy' Nesbitt Writings and Speeches

Prexy Nesbitt, a Chicago-based anti-apartheid activist and educator, delivered this speech to the Canadian Association for Work and Labour Studies, The John Saul Panel, at the Ryerson School, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. 12 pages.


The Ideological Tendencies And Political Pre-Dispositions Of The Black 'Left' In And Around The Anti-Apartheid And African Solidarity Movement In The 1970'S And 80'S: Some Thoughts & Notes, Prexy Nesbitt Feb 2013

The Ideological Tendencies And Political Pre-Dispositions Of The Black 'Left' In And Around The Anti-Apartheid And African Solidarity Movement In The 1970'S And 80'S: Some Thoughts & Notes, Prexy Nesbitt

Rozell 'Prexy' Nesbitt Writings and Speeches

Prexy Nesbitt, a Chicago-based anti-apartheid activist and educator, reflects on the anti-apartheid movements of the 1970s and 1980s, focusing on several organizations. 4 pages.


Revised Version (2010) Of "Through The Eyes Of Mandela Sisulu And Tambo: An Appraisal Of The Southern African Liberation Movements, Darfur, And Kenya And U.S. Policies Towards Africa", Prexy Nesbitt Feb 2010

Revised Version (2010) Of "Through The Eyes Of Mandela Sisulu And Tambo: An Appraisal Of The Southern African Liberation Movements, Darfur, And Kenya And U.S. Policies Towards Africa", Prexy Nesbitt

Rozell 'Prexy' Nesbitt Writings and Speeches

Prexy Nesbitt, a Chicago-based anti-apartheid activist and educator, revised his original talk at Chapman College, Orange, California, february 25, 2008, to include new material. 16 pages.


Interview With Njoki Kamau, Christian Tulp Oct 2009

Interview With Njoki Kamau, Christian Tulp

Chicago Anti-Apartheid Movement

Length: 96 minutes

Oral history interview of Njoki Kamau by Christian Tulp

In this interview, Njoki Kamau Kamau recalls her childhood in Kenya under British colonialism and during the Mau Mau rebellion. She explains the Kukuyu traditions of her childhood and the effects the rebellion had on her family. She recalls her first experiences with racism in the United States and her struggles at Northwestern University. She explains how her childhood under colonialism dramatically influenced her later activism. She then explains how her participation in the divestment movement began with conversations with Dennis Brutus, a Northwestern professor from South Africa, …


Telling No Lies': Building A Strong U.S. Constituency For Africa And Related Issues In The Obama Era, Prexy Nesbitt Jan 2009

Telling No Lies': Building A Strong U.S. Constituency For Africa And Related Issues In The Obama Era, Prexy Nesbitt

Rozell 'Prexy' Nesbitt Writings and Speeches

Prexy Nesbitt, a Chicago-based anti-apartheid activist and educator, delivered this speech at the Obama and Africa Which Way Conference held in Syracuse, New York, which focused on building relationships between the United States and Africa. 14 pages.


Large Visions And Complete Communities, Prexy Nesbitt May 2007

Large Visions And Complete Communities, Prexy Nesbitt

Rozell 'Prexy' Nesbitt Writings and Speeches

Prexy Nesbitt, a Chicago-based anti-apartheid activist and educator, delivered this commencement address to the College of Education, University of Illinois at Chicago. 4 pages.


Talk To Antioch College Course On The Black American Contribution To World Revolutionary Processes, Prexy Nesbitt Feb 2007

Talk To Antioch College Course On The Black American Contribution To World Revolutionary Processes, Prexy Nesbitt

Rozell 'Prexy' Nesbitt Writings and Speeches

Prexy Nesbitt, a Chicago-based anti-apartheid activist and educator, delivered this speech to the Antioch College course on the Black American Contribution to World Revoluntionary Processess in the spring semester. 15 pages.


Many Hands Can Lift The Heaviest Of Burdens: A Guide And Resource Book To Assist In Teaching And Learning About Africa In The Unites States - Revised Version #1, Prexy Nesbitt Oct 2006

Many Hands Can Lift The Heaviest Of Burdens: A Guide And Resource Book To Assist In Teaching And Learning About Africa In The Unites States - Revised Version #1, Prexy Nesbitt

Rozell 'Prexy' Nesbitt Writings and Speeches

Prexy Nesbitt, a Chicago-based anti-apartheid activist and educator, authored this draft version of a book designed to assist in the teaching of Africa in the United States. 17 pages.


Africa Organizing Manual: Peace With Justice Educational Tour, Prexy Nesbitt Nov 2005

Africa Organizing Manual: Peace With Justice Educational Tour, Prexy Nesbitt

Rozell 'Prexy' Nesbitt Writings and Speeches

Prexy Nesbitt, a Chicago-based anti-apartheid activist and educator, authored this book prepared for the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) Peacebuilding Unit African Program based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was edited by Imani Countess. 42 pages.


Quiet While 'They' Die: Unraveling The Hiv/Aids Pandemic In Africa, Prexy Nesbitt Apr 2005

Quiet While 'They' Die: Unraveling The Hiv/Aids Pandemic In Africa, Prexy Nesbitt

Rozell 'Prexy' Nesbitt Writings and Speeches

Prexy Nesbitt, a Chicago-based anti-apartheid activist and educator, delivered this talk at the University of Arizona College of Public Health, Tucson, Arizona. 5 pages, handwritten.


On Xiconhocas And Other Vermin Feasting Today In Africa: A Note On Travels In The World's Greatest Continent, Prexy Nesbitt Apr 2004

On Xiconhocas And Other Vermin Feasting Today In Africa: A Note On Travels In The World's Greatest Continent, Prexy Nesbitt

Rozell 'Prexy' Nesbitt Writings and Speeches

Prexy Nesbitt, a Chicago-based anti-apartheid activist and educator, wrote this article draft about Africa and the issues it faces at the start of the 21st century. 5 pages.


The Euro-American Bequeathals To Africa In The Opening Years Of The Twenty-First Century: Debt, Death, And Exploitation, Prexy Nesbitt Mar 2004

The Euro-American Bequeathals To Africa In The Opening Years Of The Twenty-First Century: Debt, Death, And Exploitation, Prexy Nesbitt

Rozell 'Prexy' Nesbitt Writings and Speeches

Prexy Nesbitt, a Chicago-based anti-apartheid activist and educator, delivered this talk at a Truman College Forum on Racism in Chicago, Illinois where he spoke about HIV/AIDS, African debt and poverty, African oil and exploitation. 4 pages.


Many Hands Can Lift The Heaviest Of Burdens': A Guide And Resource Book To Assist In Teaching And Learning About Africa In The United States, Prexy Nesbitt Aug 2000

Many Hands Can Lift The Heaviest Of Burdens': A Guide And Resource Book To Assist In Teaching And Learning About Africa In The United States, Prexy Nesbitt

Rozell 'Prexy' Nesbitt Writings and Speeches

Prexy Nesbitt, a Chicago-based anti-apartheid activist and educator, authored this bookdraft designed for teachers to teach about knowledgably about Africa -to those who have both never taught about Africa as well as those who have taught about Africa for a long time. 15 pages.


Getting Beyond Tarzan: Teaching Africa And Teaching Diversity, Prexy Nesbitt Jun 2000

Getting Beyond Tarzan: Teaching Africa And Teaching Diversity, Prexy Nesbitt

Rozell 'Prexy' Nesbitt Writings and Speeches

Prexy Nesbitt, a Chicago-based anti-apartheid activist and educator, delivered this speech to the Pathways Scholars Regional Conference held at University of Illinois at Chicago. 10 pages, some handwritten.


Selling Polar Boots To 'The Masai', Prexy Nesbitt Jan 1999

Selling Polar Boots To 'The Masai', Prexy Nesbitt

Rozell 'Prexy' Nesbitt Writings and Speeches

Prexy Nesbitt, a Chicago-based anti-apartheid activist and educator, delivered these remarks to the African Renaissance Seminar held in Vasteras, Sweden. Prexy Nesbitt, at the time, was the Dean of Students at the Francis W. Parker School, Chicago, Illinois. 27 pages.


Going Beyond Tarzan: Teaching About Africa In The 1990s, Prexy Nesbitt Jan 1998

Going Beyond Tarzan: Teaching About Africa In The 1990s, Prexy Nesbitt

Rozell 'Prexy' Nesbitt Writings and Speeches

Prexy Nesbitt, a Chicago-based anti-apartheid activist and educator, co-authored this article for Democracy and Education magazine with Jean Ann Hunt. 7 pages.


Belaboring Liberation In South Africa/Afl-Cio In Africa, Prexy Nesbitt Jan 1986

Belaboring Liberation In South Africa/Afl-Cio In Africa, Prexy Nesbitt

Rozell 'Prexy' Nesbitt Writings and Speeches

Prexy Nesbitt, a Chicago-based anti-apartheid activist, gave this speech, co-authored with Don Will, in Bel Harbor, Florida. 12 pages.


Reflections On The Geneva Years, Especially On The Programme To Combat Racism, Prexy Nesbitt Mar 1983

Reflections On The Geneva Years, Especially On The Programme To Combat Racism, Prexy Nesbitt

Rozell 'Prexy' Nesbitt Writings and Speeches

Prexy Nesbitt, a Chicago-based anti-apartheid activist, reflects on his time in Geneva, Switzerland working for the World Council of Churches' Programme to Combat Racism after his return to Chicago, Illinois when his time with the World Council of Churches ended. 12 pages.


1980s Political Issues With Special Reference To Africa - A Memo To Dr. Philip Potter, Prexy Nesbitt Jun 1980

1980s Political Issues With Special Reference To Africa - A Memo To Dr. Philip Potter, Prexy Nesbitt

Rozell 'Prexy' Nesbitt Writings and Speeches

Prexy Nesbitt, a Chicago-based anti-apartheid activist, wrote this memorandum to Dr. Philip Potter, then General Secretary of the World Council of Churches at the time that Prexy Nesbitt worked as Research Secretary for the Program to Combat Racism of the World Council of Churches .6 pages.


Book Reviews: The Angolan Revolution: Exile Politics And Guerrilla Warfare, 1962-1976 Volume Ii By John Marcum, Prexy Nesbitt Mar 1979

Book Reviews: The Angolan Revolution: Exile Politics And Guerrilla Warfare, 1962-1976 Volume Ii By John Marcum, Prexy Nesbitt

Rozell 'Prexy' Nesbitt Writings and Speeches

Prexy Nesbitt, a Chicago-based anti-apartheid activist, wrote this review for the publication Southern Africa. 1 page.


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.


Concept Sketchbook, January-June 1976, John Fischetti Jan 1976

Concept Sketchbook, January-June 1976, John Fischetti

Notebooks

A concept sketchbook created by editorial cartoonist, John R. Fischetti with content from January through June 1976 containing preliminary sketches of political cartoons and ideas for his daily editorial cartoons. Topics include: Jimmy Carter, Henry Kissinger, the recession, and Richard Nixon.