Introduction An element of the Chicago Anti-Apartheid Movement Collection, the Cheryl Johnson-Odim Collection is comprised of materials related to Dr. Johnson-Odim’s time as a community activist. During this period, she campaigned against the South African policy of apartheid through various grassroots organizations, bringing awareness to the Chicagoland area about the injustices committed there. In addition to documents created by the daily activities of those groups, the collection has materials Dr....

Introduction An activist and an educator, he organized anti- apartheid groups in the Midwest; was named director of the Africa Project at the Institute of Policy Studies; and served as program director and research secretary at the World Council of Churches, Geneva, Switzerland. In 1986, he returned to Chicago as a labor organizer and later served as special aide to then Chicago mayor Harold Washington and the Mozambique government appointed him consultant to represent the country and its interests in...