Papers, 1962-1993.

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Papers, 1962-1993.

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Papers of Nesbitt, a Chicago-area activist, relating to his work as consultant for the Mozambique government and with United States organizations and projects concerning Southern Africa, and their links to related movements in Africa. Included are files relating to the Mozambique Support Network, the Mozambique Solidarity Office, the Coalition for Illinois' Divestment from South Africa, the Chicago Committee for the Liberation of Angola, Mozambique and Guinea-Bissau (CCLAMG), the American Committee on Africa, The Africa Fund, and the World Council of Churches Program to Combat Racism. There is also come material concerning Nesbitt's work in the Midwest as a union organizer and representative, teacher, and in comunity relations in the Chicago Mayor's Office. The papers include correspondence, tour and travel reports, conference and seminar papers, memoranda, and clippings. The photographs document people and events of projects in southern Africa, and also include images used in various organizations' newsletters.

7.4 c.f.,42 photographs,116 negatives, and4 pieces of ephemera.

Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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Working Conference on Southern Africa (1975 : Madison, Wis.)

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American committee on Africa

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The American Committee on Africa (ACOA) was formed in 1953 as the successor to Americans for South African Resistance, then a two-year-old group formed to support the campaign of nonviolent protests against apartheid led by the African National Congress. ACOA broadened the original scope to include anticolonial struggles throughout the continent. It worked on many fronts: monitoring racist stereotyping in the media; lobbying the State Department and United Nations to adopt anti-apartheid, anti-c...

World Council of Churches. Programme to Combat Racism

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Coalition for Illinois' Divestment from South Africa.

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Africa Fund (New York, N.Y.)

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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...

Mozambique Support Network

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Mozambique Solidarity Office (Chicago, Ill.)

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Chicago Committee for the Liberation of Angola, Mozambique and Guinea

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