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Interview With Cheryl Graves, Guadalupe Santoyo
Interview With Cheryl Graves, Guadalupe Santoyo
Chicago Anti-Apartheid Movement
Length: 88 minutes
Oral history interview of Cheryl Graves by Guadalupe Santoyo
Ms. Graves first describes her childhood on the South Side of Chicago, raised with an awareness of social justice and activism, amongst a close extended family. She recalls her educational experiences, attending an integrated high school, her initial struggles in college, and her eventual career path. She explains how she became involved in the anti-Apartheid movement after law school while providing legal assistance to union workers, eventually joining CIDSA (Coalition for Illinois Divestment from South Africa). She elaborates on the actions they took to demand divestment from South …
Interview With Njoki Kamau, Christian Tulp
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, …
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.