These oral histories were conducted with donors to the Chicago Anti-Apartheid Movement Collections whose interviews chronicle the work of Chicago activists engaged in the struggle against apartheid in Southern Africa.

Original audio interviews were conducted by Columbia College Chicago undergraduate students during the Spring 2009, Fall 2009, and Spring 2010 semesters for the course, Oral History: The Art of the Interview taught by Dr. Erin McCarthy. More student-conducted interviews are found on the Oral History Interviews page..

The 2023 video oral histories with Dr. Lisa Brock, Dr. Cheryl Johnson-Odim, and Otis Cunningham, were made possible through a Council of Independent Colleges (CIC) grant conducted by, Lilah Hernandez, an undergraduate student, who re-interviewed the trio more than a decade after their initial interviews in 2009 & 2010. These video interviews discuss their life and activism since 2010 and their views on current social justice events.

These oral histories support the Chicago Anti-Apartheid Movement Collection, housed within the College Archives & Special Collections department of Columbia College Chicago

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Submissions from 2023

Interview with Cheryl Johnson-Odim, Columbia College Chicago

Interview with Lisa Brock, Columbia College Chicago

Interview with Otis Cunningham, Columbia College Chicago

Submissions from 2010

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Interview with Alice Palmer, Katherine Elizabeth McAuliff

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Interview with Clarice Durham, Lauren Ashley Alexander

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Interview with Constance Prince, Brett Edward King

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Interview with Curtis Black, Jeremy Alexander Cairns

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Interview with Danny Davis, Terence Sims

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Interview with Elizabeth Benson, Micah Ariel James

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Interview with George Schmidt, Melena Grace Nicholson

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Interview with Helen Shiller, Jacob Martin Lingan

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Interview with Jean Kracher, Michael Lee Johnson

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Interview with Josephine Wyatt, Suzanne Miller

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Interview with Stan Willis, Richard Hughey

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Interview with Zeva Schub, Lynette Marie Reid

Submissions from 2009

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Interview with Anne Evens, Beth Thenhaus

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Interview with Basil Clunie, Juston Ori

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Interview with Carol Thompson, Marcia Monaco

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Interview with Cheryl Graves, Guadalupe Santoyo

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Interview with Cheryl Johnson-Odim, Carrie Armbruster

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Interview with Danny Rochman, Arturo Carillo

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Interview with Funeka Sihlali, Renell Schubert

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Interview with Jeremiah Wright, Arlen Parsa

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Interview with Joan Gerig, Jessica Peoples

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Interview with Kathy Devine, Deseree Zimmerman

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Interview with Lisa Ann Brock, Amanda Anderson

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Interview with Mary Patten, Blair Allen Mishleau

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Interview with Mary Scott Boria, Pamela Birchard

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Interview with Michael Elliott, Brian Gibson

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Interview with Njoki Kamau, Christian Tulp

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Interview with Orlando Redekopp, Balin Pagadala

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Interview with Otis Cunningham, Danny Fenster

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Interview with Prexy Nesbitt, Erin McCarthy

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Interview with Rachel Rubin, Brandi Schaeffer

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Interview with Rosetta Daylie, Sarah Bonkowski

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Interview with Tim Wright, Jonathen Vogel

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Interview with Willie Williamson, Lisa Duke