
Several Department of History professors were involved with these projects, including Mark Kornbluh and Peter Alegi. Two graduate students, Mona Jackson and Leslie Hadfield, also wrote several articles for the site.
At the ribbon cutting, Yusef Omar, previous South African Consul General in Chicago, spoke of the importance or recording memories and teaching about the struggle against apartheid. Omar is interviewed on the Overcoming Apartheid website.
Both websites contribute to MATRIX and African Studies Center mission to preserve and provide access to materials about the struggle for freedom and democracy in Africa. Please browse these sites at http://overcomingapartheid.msu.edu and http://cvet.org.za
Please visit http://www.overcomingapartheid.msu.edu/promo.php to view the Overcoming Apartheid promotional video.
Included in photo (from left to right): Jeffrey Riedinger, Dean of MSU's International Studies and Programs; Satish Udpa, Dean of MSU's College of Engineering; Melanie Foster, MSU Trustee; Yusef Omar, former South African Counsul General in Chicago, IL; Mark Kornbluh, MATRIX Director; and David Wiley, MSU's African Studies Center Director
Joe Genetin-Pilawa, Assistant Professor of History, Illinois College
Sowande' Mustakeem, Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow, Assistant Professor of History and African American Studies, Washington University (St. Louis)
Ibra Sene, Assistant Professor of History, College of Wooster
Joon-Seo Song, Visiting Assistant Professor, Manchester College
Kennetta Hammond Perry, Provost's Postdoctoral Scholar, Duke University
Amy Hay, Assistant Professor of History, University of Texas-Pan American
Tamba Mbayo, Assistant Professor of History, Hope College
Dawne Y. Curry (2006), Assistant Professor of History and Ethnic Studies, University of Nebraska, Lincoln
Luz Maria Gordillo, Diversity Fellow, Department of History at Washington State University, Vancouver
Solomon Addis Getahun (2005) Assistant Professor of History, Central Michigan University
Meredith L. Roman (2005), Assistant Professor of History, SUNY-Brockport
Eric Duke (2006) , Assistant Professor, Department of Africana Studies, University of South Florida