The HistoryMakers Video Oral History with Prexy Nesbitt

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The HistoryMakers Video Oral History with Prexy Nesbitt

8/12/2004; 11/9/2004; 12/10/2004; 1/5/2005

https://www.thehistorymakers.org/biography/A2004.127

Civil rights activist and africana studies instructor Prexy Nesbitt (1944 - ) worked with the Bank Withdrawal Campaign for the American Committee on Africa; the Africa Project at the Institute of Policy Studies in Washington, D.C.; the World Council of Churches; Chicago Mayor Harold Washington as a special assistant; the government of Mozambique; and the Program on Peace & International Cooperation with the MacArthur Foundation. In addition to his work for labor and human rights, Nesbitt also enjoyed a long career as a teacher of African and American studies at many institutions. Nesbitt was interviewed by The HistoryMakers on 8/12/2004, 11/9/2004, 12/10/2004 and 1/5/2005, in Chicago, Illinois. This collection is comprised of the video footage of the interview.

Total Sessions: 4; Total Tapes: 13; Total Run Time: 05h 40m 55s

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Nesbitt, Prexy

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Rozell "Prexy" Nesbitt was born and raised on Chicago's West Side. After graduating from the Francis Parker School in Chicago, Nesbitt enrolled at Antioch College in Yellow Springs, Ohio. After graduating from Antioch in 1967, Nesbitt continued his education, attending the University of Dar Es Salaam in Tanzania; Northwestern University; and Columbia University.Even before completing his Ph.D. in 1975, Nesbitt was highly active in labor and equality movements; by 1976, he had become the national...