Contents
- Descriptive Summary
- Historical Note
- Scope and Contents note
- Related Archival Materials note
- Processing Information note
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Chicago Anti Apartheid Movement collection
Descriptive Summary
- Title
- Chicago Anti Apartheid Movement collection
- Identifier
- BMRC.COLUMBIA.ANTI_APRTHD
- Repository
- Columbia College Chicago, College Archives and Digital Collections
- Language
- English
- Size
- 33.0 Linear feet
- Dates
- 1977-2000
Historical Note
The end of the apartheid system was brought about, in part, by groups of people working locally around the globe who fought apartheid by endorsing economic sanctions and company boycotts. What we have broadly termed the “Chicago Anti Apartheid Movement” collection is made up of several local groups’ records. The Chicago Anti-Apartheid Movement Collection was assembled through the efforts of Dr. Lisa Brock, Columbia College Chicago Chair of the Humanities, History and Social Sciences Department. A seminal force in the local anti-apartheid movement, Lisa brought together many of her colleagues who donated the material that forms this collection.
Scope and Contents note
The collection chronicles Chicago area activists’ work in bringing an end to the apartheid system of government in Southern and South Africa. Materials include administrative records, brochures and fliers, news and journal articles, correspondence, legislation, published reports and findings, notes, photographs, buttons, posters (over 100 of which have been digitized and are available online), video and DVD recording of events, as well as national and international publications and newsletters. The collection also contains writing and notes from individual activists. The collection also includes substantial unprocessed additions from Columbia College Chicago professor Prexy Nesbitt and former Professor of History Cheryl Johnson-Odim. Finally, the collection includes 30 oral history interviews conducted by Erin McCarthy and her Art of the Interview class, 2009-2010, available online with downloadable transcripts and digital audio files.
Processing Information note
This collection was surveyed as part of the Black Metropolis Research Consortium's Survey Initiative on 2011 October 10 by Andrew Steadham.