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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 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 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 Mary Scott Boria, Pamela Birchard
Interview With Mary Scott Boria, Pamela Birchard
Chicago Anti-Apartheid Movement
Length: 92 minutes
Oral history interview of Mary Schott Boria by Pamela Birchard
Mary Scott Boria begin by detailing her childhood as the daughter of a divorced, interracial couple in the 1950s. She explains how at the age of 14, she packed a suitcase and joined her mother in Chicago where she participated in the Civil Rights Movement, joining the NAACP and, later, the Black Panther Party while in college. She recalls joining the Chicago Committee in Solidarity with Southern Africa (CCISSA) in the 1980s, working toward the divestment of the Apartheid government, participating in demonstrations, helping put together newsletters, …