Prexy Nesbitt
United States of America
Mr Prexy Nesbitt is an activist from Chicago who has been involved with South Africa since he was a student. He founded the Antioch Committee for a Free South Africa, which succeeded after a ten-year campaign to achieve the disinvestment of Antioch College’s holdings from companies involved with apartheid. Nesbitt worked for ACOA, coordinating the National Committee to Oppose Bank Loans to South Africa from 1976-1979. He has also worked for the Institute for Policy Studies, the American Friends Service Committee and Africa Action.
The Wisconsin State Historical Society holds his substantial archive covering the period 1962-1993. It contains photographs, correspondence, tours, and conference and seminar papers.
http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/
The Melville J Herskovits Library of African Studies at Northwestern University also holds a substantial collection of his materials.
http://www.library.northwestern.edu
