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- Title
- Forging global solidarity : dockworkers and Black internationalism
- Creator
- Cole, Peter, 1969-
- Date
- 2019-02-11
- Collection
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description
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Peter Cole, professor of history at Western Illinois University, delivers a talk entitled, "Forging global solidarity: dockworkers and Black internationalism." Drawing on themes from his book, "Dockworker power: race and activism in Durban and the San Francisco Bay Area," Cole compares black dockworkers in Durban, South Africa to black dockworkers in the San Francisco Bay area and their struggles to achieve racial equality throughout the 20th century. He answers questions from the audience....
Show morePeter Cole, professor of history at Western Illinois University, delivers a talk entitled, "Forging global solidarity: dockworkers and Black internationalism." Drawing on themes from his book, "Dockworker power: race and activism in Durban and the San Francisco Bay Area," Cole compares black dockworkers in Durban, South Africa to black dockworkers in the San Francisco Bay area and their struggles to achieve racial equality throughout the 20th century. He answers questions from the audience. The event is convened by John P. Beck professor of Human Resources and Labor Relations at Michigan State University.
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- Michigan State University African Studies Director David Wiley interviews Dr. Howard E. Wolpe on his work for social justice in South Africa
- Creator
- Wolpe, Howard
- Date
- 2003-12-08
- Collection
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description
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Dr. Howard E. Wolpe, Africa Project Director at the Smithsonian's Woodrow Wilson International Center and former U.S. Congressman from Michigan, discusses his involvement in efforts for social justice in South Africa, both as an academic and a politician. Wolpe is interviewed by Dr. David Wiley, Director of the MSU African Studies Center. Wolpe describes how he became interested in Africa as a graduate student at Boston University and coming to Western Michigan University in 1967 to teach...
Show moreDr. Howard E. Wolpe, Africa Project Director at the Smithsonian's Woodrow Wilson International Center and former U.S. Congressman from Michigan, discusses his involvement in efforts for social justice in South Africa, both as an academic and a politician. Wolpe is interviewed by Dr. David Wiley, Director of the MSU African Studies Center. Wolpe describes how he became interested in Africa as a graduate student at Boston University and coming to Western Michigan University in 1967 to teach African studies. He also talks about his rise in politics and his involvement, as a Michigan legislator and U.S. Representative, in African issues at a time of significant change on the continent. He discusses his anti-apartheid efforts in South Africa and at Michigan State University and his more recent experiences as part of the Clinton administration and his work at Smithsonian. Part of the African Studies Interview Series sponsored by the MSU Libraries and the African Studies Center.
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- Michigan State University African Studies Director David Wiley and librarian Peter Limb interview H. Lynn Jondahl on his education, ministerial and political career, anti-apatheid activties, and student activism at MSU
- Creator
- Jondahl, Lynn
- Date
- 2005-02-04
- Collection
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description
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H. Lynn Jondahl talks about growing up in Iowa, becoming an ordained minister in 1962 after graduating from the Yale Divinity School and coming to East Lansing in 1966 to develop a campus ministry program. He says that he became a campus activist and was eventuallyelected to the Michigan State House in 1972. Jondahl comments on student activism at MSU, freedom of expression,and protests against CIA recruitment on campus and the Vietnam War. He also talks about his efforts to persuade MSU and...
Show moreH. Lynn Jondahl talks about growing up in Iowa, becoming an ordained minister in 1962 after graduating from the Yale Divinity School and coming to East Lansing in 1966 to develop a campus ministry program. He says that he became a campus activist and was eventuallyelected to the Michigan State House in 1972. Jondahl comments on student activism at MSU, freedom of expression,and protests against CIA recruitment on campus and the Vietnam War. He also talks about his efforts to persuade MSU and the State of Michigan to divest from South Africa in protest of Apartheid, and introducing anti-apartheid legislation. Interviewed by David Wiley, Professor of Sociology and Director of the MSU African Studies Center. Part of the African Studies Interview Series sponsored by the MSU Libraries and the African Studies Center.
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- Michigan State University Libraries Africana librarian Peter Limb interviews documentary filmmaker Peter Davis talks about his career, and his work to end Apartheid in South Africa
- Creator
- Davis, Peter, 1933-
- Date
- 2004-04-13
- Collection
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description
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Documentary filmmaker Peter Davis talks about his career, and his work to end Apartheid in South Africa. Peter Limb, MSU Libraries Area Studies Librarian, interviews Davis. Davis recalls his youth in London during WWII, university, teaching, and his move to film production. He explains how he became associated with Citizens Association for Racial Equality (C.A.R.E.) and developed an interest in Africa. Davis also describes film making in South Africa, the Soweto Uprising, his relationship...
Show moreDocumentary filmmaker Peter Davis talks about his career, and his work to end Apartheid in South Africa. Peter Limb, MSU Libraries Area Studies Librarian, interviews Davis. Davis recalls his youth in London during WWII, university, teaching, and his move to film production. He explains how he became associated with Citizens Association for Racial Equality (C.A.R.E.) and developed an interest in Africa. Davis also describes film making in South Africa, the Soweto Uprising, his relationship with the Mandelas, and his efforts to preserve South African films. Part of the African Studies Interview Series sponsored by the MSU Libraries and the African Studies Center.
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- Michigan State University African Studies Director David Wiley and librarian Peter Limb interview MSU professor William Derman about his effort to combine intellectual engagement with political activism and social change
- Creator
- Derman, William
- Date
- 2005-12-21
- Collection
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description
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Dr. William Derman, Michigan State University Professor of Anthropology, talks about his career-long effort to combine intellectual engagement with political activism and social change. Derman is interviewed by Dr. David Wiley, Director of the MSU African Studies Center and Peter Limb, MSU Libraries Area Studies Librarian. Derman recalls his time at the University of Michigan, joining Students for a Democratic Society, teaching African American students in Detroit, his anti-war efforts, and...
Show moreDr. William Derman, Michigan State University Professor of Anthropology, talks about his career-long effort to combine intellectual engagement with political activism and social change. Derman is interviewed by Dr. David Wiley, Director of the MSU African Studies Center and Peter Limb, MSU Libraries Area Studies Librarian. Derman recalls his time at the University of Michigan, joining Students for a Democratic Society, teaching African American students in Detroit, his anti-war efforts, and his work as an anti-Apartheid activist. He also talks about his work in South Africa with land use planning, water rights, and education and later shifting his focus to Zimbabwe to assist development and resettlement projects. Derman questions the ability of younger faculty and students to be engaged both as academics and citizens. He sees a low level of activism in the current faculty and student body and is not sure how the community will respond to current and future challenges. Part of the African Studies Interview Series sponsored by the MSU Libraries and the African Studies Center.
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- Michigan State University African Studies Director David Wiley and librarian Peter Limb interview Harris Frank Beeman on his involvement in social justice for South Africa
- Creator
- Beeman, Harris F.
- Date
- 2003-12-12
- Collection
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description
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Harris Frank Beeman discusses his involvement in social justice for South Africa, a cause he pursued while serving as Michigan State University's tennis coach and Director of Intramural Sports, and Recreation Services. Dr. David Wiley, Director of the MSU African Studies Center, and Peter Limb, MSU Libraries Area Studies Librarian, interview Beeman. Beeman describes his early involvement in civil rights issues in the U.S. and leading fair housing protests in East Lansing in the 1960s. He also...
Show moreHarris Frank Beeman discusses his involvement in social justice for South Africa, a cause he pursued while serving as Michigan State University's tennis coach and Director of Intramural Sports, and Recreation Services. Dr. David Wiley, Director of the MSU African Studies Center, and Peter Limb, MSU Libraries Area Studies Librarian, interview Beeman. Beeman describes his early involvement in civil rights issues in the U.S. and leading fair housing protests in East Lansing in the 1960s. He also talks about getting involved with the South African Liberation Committee (SALC) in the 1970s at MSU, spearheading efforts to get selective purchase policies passed by East Lansing City Council and the MSU Board of Trustees, and pushing the University and the State of Michigan to divest from holdings in South Africa. Part of the African Studies Interview Series sponsored by the MSU Libraries and the African Studies Center.
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- Title
- Provocative parallels : the libertaion struggle and the U.S. civil rights movement--a special Project 60/50 brown bag lunch conversation
- Date
- 2014-03-31
- Collection
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description
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Dr. C. Kurt Dewhurst, Michigan State University Director of Arts and Cultural Initiatives for University Outreach and Engagement, MSU Museum Curator, and Museum Director Emeritus, hosts a panel discussion titled, "Provocative Parallels: The Liberation Struggle and the U.S. Civil Rights Movement - A Special Project 60/50 Brown Bag Lunch Conversation." The conversation compares and contrasts the Liberation Struggle in South Africa with the U.S. Civil Rights Movement. Participants explore the...
Show moreDr. C. Kurt Dewhurst, Michigan State University Director of Arts and Cultural Initiatives for University Outreach and Engagement, MSU Museum Curator, and Museum Director Emeritus, hosts a panel discussion titled, "Provocative Parallels: The Liberation Struggle and the U.S. Civil Rights Movement - A Special Project 60/50 Brown Bag Lunch Conversation." The conversation compares and contrasts the Liberation Struggle in South Africa with the U.S. Civil Rights Movement. Participants explore the connections as part of the MSU Project 60/50 thematic year linking exploration and study with public commemoration and remembrance, intertwined with many cultural expressions focused on civil and human rights. Panelists are: Dr. Peter Alegi, MSU Professor of History, Dr. Joe T. Darden, MSU Professor of Geography and African and African-American Studies, MSU Professor Kristi L. Bowman, College of Law, and Dr. Peter Limb, MSU Librarian and Professor of History. The session is held in conjunction with new exhibitions on Ahmed "Kathy" Kathrada and Ruby Bridges at the MSU Museum and "The Greater Lansing Sites of Conscience Project". Held in the MSU Museum Auditorium.
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- Title
- Culture and resistance : festival programme
- Creator
- Mnyele, Thami, 1948-1985
- Date
- 1982
- Collection
- Africana Posters Collection
- Description
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Silkscreen poster shows logo for the Culture and Resistance symposium and festival. Ink is black and red. Subtitle is written in red marker next to the logo. The symposium program and a schedule of events are taped below title and subtitle. Ink on both is in black.
- Title
- Join us not them : end conscription
- Creator
- MEDU Art Ensemble (Gaborone, Botswana)
- Date
- 1983/1985?
- Collection
- Africana Posters Collection
- Description
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Silkscreen poster shows a group of people on one side and soldiers on the other. Buildings and trees are in the background. Title on top and subtitle on bottom. All ink is black.
- Title
- Community, culture and resistance in Alexandria, South Africa, 1912-1985
- Creator
- Curry, Dawne Y.
- Date
- 2006
- Collection
- Electronic Theses & Dissertations
- Title
- African American athletes, actors, singers, peformers, and the anti-apartheid movement, 1948-1994
- Creator
- Jackson, Ronald L., 1970-
- Date
- 2018
- Collection
- Electronic Theses & Dissertations
- Description
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“African American Athletes, Actors, Singers, Performers and the Anti-Apartheid Movement, 1948-1994” is the first study to explore the multiple roles African American artists and athletes in the global struggle against apartheid in South Africa. As a transnational study, this dissertation pays attention to the multiple trans-Atlantic dialogues that occurred for over a century between African American entertainers and the people of South Africa. Based on archival sources in the United States...
Show more“African American Athletes, Actors, Singers, Performers and the Anti-Apartheid Movement, 1948-1994” is the first study to explore the multiple roles African American artists and athletes in the global struggle against apartheid in South Africa. As a transnational study, this dissertation pays attention to the multiple trans-Atlantic dialogues that occurred for over a century between African American entertainers and the people of South Africa. Based on archival sources in the United States and South Africa, it argues that many Black Americans in the popular culture industry used their celebrity status to galvanize support for a free South Africa, while others chose paths of accommodation, and, in some cases, collaborated with the Pretoria regime. African American singers, actors, musicians, boxers, golfers, and tennis players were often motivated, both intrinsically and extrinsically, by pan-African connections forged by an empathetic sense of a shared history of racial oppression endured by blacks in both the United States and South Africa during similar time periods. This study addresses questions about the African Diaspora that have not fully been addressed in previous studies. What factors prompted black American entertainers to join the anti-apartheid movement? Did anti-apartheid activists in South Africa consider the support of black American entertainers an essential component of the struggle? Why did some black American entertainers elect to ignore the cultural boycott and tour South Africa?
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- Title
- Lliure Mandela : la lluita continua fora l'apartheid!
- Date
- 1980/1989
- Collection
- Leftist Political Posters Collection
- Description
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Poster shows six young black men protesting with their fists raised above their heads. Calls for the release of Nelson Mandela. Three red and black bands are printed diagonally across that image and show the title information in white letters. Behind the title (on the bands) are images of social life and oppression under apartheid in South Africa. Ink is red and black.
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- Restoring human dignity and building self-reliance : youth, woman, and churches and Black consciousness community development, South Africa, 1969-1977
- Creator
- Hadfield, Leslie Anne
- Date
- 2010
- Collection
- Electronic Theses & Dissertations