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Interview With Willie Williamson, Lisa Duke
Interview With Willie Williamson, Lisa Duke
Chicago Anti-Apartheid Movement
Length: 79 minutes
Oral history interview of Willie Williamson by Lisa Duke
Mr. Williamson begins by describing his childhood in Grenada, Mississippi, one of nine children, playing baseball and attending Sunday school, and growing up in the Jim Crow South. He recalls how he first learned of Apartheid through a food drive for South African refugees where they learned of the efforts to expel South Africa from the United Nations, which persuaded him and his wife to become involved. He explains how this led him and others to establish the National Anti-Imperialist Movement for Southern Africa Liberation (NAIMSAL). He describes …
Interview With Lisa Ann Brock, Amanda Anderson
Interview With Lisa Ann Brock, Amanda Anderson
Chicago Anti-Apartheid Movement
Length: 96 minutes
Oral history interview of Lisa Ann Brock by Amanda Anderson
Dr. Brock was born and raised in Glendale, Ohio. She holds a BA in history from Howard University and a doctorate in history from Northwestern University. She has spent most of her life involved in social justice activism and higher education. She was the founding Academic Director of the Arcus Center for Social Justice Leadership at Kalamazoo College for ten years. She currently works as a JEDI (Justice, Equity, Diversity & Inclusion) consultant.
Interview With Tim Wright, Jonathen Vogel
Interview With Tim Wright, Jonathen Vogel
Chicago Anti-Apartheid Movement
Length: 69 minutes
Oral history interview of Tim Wright by Jonathen Vogel
Tim Wright was involved in activism and the Anti-apartheid movement since college. He tells of when, while attending UCLA, he was involved in the divestment movement to prevent universities from cooperating with the African regime. He describes his time working as a research assistant with Angela Davis and their time in Angola, South Africa to learn more about the conflict first-hand, where he met Prexy Nesbitt, who became a close colleague. Wright describes his time working with Harold Washington and his administration, taking part initially as a volunteer …