Anti-apartheid activists
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Cheryl Johnson-Odim Collection, 1967-1990
Collection
Identifier: 1000.03.02
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....
Dates:
1967-1990
Chicago Anti-Apartheid Movement Collection, 1956-2012
Collection
Identifier: RG 1000.03
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.
Dates:
1956-2012
Lisa Brock Collection, 1910-2013
Collection
Identifier: RG 1000.03.04
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...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1910-2013
Orlando Redekopp Collection, 1958-2005 (mostly 1974-1994)
Collection
Identifier: RG 1000.03.03
Introduction
An element of the Chicago Anti-Apartheid Movement Collection, the Orlando Redekopp Collection is comprised of materials related to Redekopp's time as an activist and South African election observer. During the 1980s and 1990s, Redekopp, along with his wife Joan Gerig, lived in Chicago and participated in various local efforts to help end conscription and apartheid abroad. As a pastor in the First Church of the Brethren on Chicago's west side, Redekopp and his wife Joan facilitated many of...
Dates:
1958-2005; Majority of material found within mostly 1974-1994
Rozell (Prexy) Nesbitt Collection
Collection
Identifier: RG 1000.03.01
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...
Dates:
1928 - 2005