Introduction

The Chicago Anti-Apartheid Movement Collection was assembled through the efforts of Dr. Lisa Brock, a faculty member of Columbia College Chicago and a seminal force in the local anti-apartheid movement. This collection highlights the grassroots organizations during the 1980s and 1990s that formed to protest international issues of apartheid and how they operated to reach a common goal.

Introduction An element of the Chicago Anti-Apartheid movement, the Lisa Brock Collection is comprised of materials relating to Dr. Brock's time as an activist. As an advocate on behalf of the South African population during the 1980s and 1990s Brock utilized her voice to inform of the country's oppressive regime and how tactics of boycotts, marches, and correspondence could achieve freedom. Simultaneously, Brock's career as an educator continued as a platform to speak on South Africa and extend to...