Interview with Dr. Lisa Brock, Part 1
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Interviewers
Buffy Satchwell, Kalamazoo College
Description
Part 1 of two part interview with Dr. Lisa Brock recorded on April 29, 2015. Dr. Brock is interviewed by Kalamazoo College student Buffy Satchwell as a part of SHARE's (formerly known as the Southwest Michigan Black Heritage Society) Baldwin Archive Engaging the Wisdom Project with Kalamazoo College. During the interview Dr. Brock discusses the following topics:
- History of parents and grandparents living in southern Ohio;
- Childhood memories of neighborhood, growing up in a tight-knit black community;
- Experiences of education from elementary through high school;
- Attending Oberlin college and Howard University, a HBCU;
- Memories of influences that motivated involvement in activism;
- Story of seeing Martin Luther King, Jr. speak;
- Memories of 1968 in Washington D.C during the riots and the Civil Rights Movement;
- Discussion of African American history;
- Stories of activist work in countries like Cuba, Mozambique, and South Africa;
- Discussion of work in the Anti-Apartheid movement in the 1980s and 90s.
Additional files include full transcription and abstract (includes content timestamps).
Date of Interview
4-29-2015
Location of Interview
Kalamazoo College, Kalamazoo, MI
Series
Engaging the Wisdom
Keywords
Oral History, Kalamazoo Michigan, African American History, Martin Luther King Jr., Civil Rights Movement, Anti-Apartheid, Social Justice, Activism, Public School Integration, Howard University, HBCU, Washington D.C.
Disciplines
African American Studies | African Studies | Civic and Community Engagement | Inequality and Stratification | Oral History | Politics and Social Change | Public History | Race and Ethnicity | Social History | Social Justice
Language
ENG
Document Type
Book
Recommended Citation
Brock, Dr. Lisa, "Interview with Dr. Lisa Brock, Part 1" (2015). Engaging the Wisdom. 14.
https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/engaging-the-wisdom/14
Length of video
59:58
Length of video log
30 pages
Notes
The Society for History and Racial Equity’s oral history archive is made possible through Western Michigan University’s Presidential Innovation Professorship program. All collection materials and copyright are owned by SHARE; Western Michigan University Libraries provide stewardship and digital access. Content is for educational purposes only and non-reproducible. If cited or linked, please do so through ScholarWorks with appropriate attribution. Please direct any questions to scholarworks@wmich.edu.
The Engaging the Wisdom project was made possible by Ms. Donna Odom (retired SHARE Executive Director), Dr. Bruce Mills (Kalamazoo College History Department) and Kalamazoo College students.