Interview with Lisa Ann Brock

Interview with Lisa Ann Brock

An interview with Brock that covers her childhood and education experiences before detailing her involvement with anti-apartheid movements.

Notable Quote:

[On why she became an activist]
"[F]or some reason, they felt compelled to fight against injustice. It’s a sord [sic] of compulsion and you do not, you know as I’ve gotten older, I’ve mellowed a little bit. It’s this idea that if something is wrong, you’ve got to do something about it. I mean if you don’t do it then whose gonna do it. I’ve always had this and it makes me feel better and it’s good for your mental health because, at least for me, that’s how much of a desire to be involved in change, progressive change is. It’s like how can you sleep
at night if this stuff is going on and you haven’t done anything. Not that you’re gonna to win, so actually the act of being active in social justice helps you deal with the fact that you live in a world that is unjust and along the way you do have small victories that are great but even if you don’t win the big cahuna, at least you know you contributed to some change."

You can listen to this interview or download a copy of the transcript via Columbia's Digital Commons.

96 minutes

Amanda Anderson

Lisa Ann Brock