Prexy Nesbitt

Born on Chicago’s West Side, Prexy Nesbitt has spent more than five decades as an educator,
activist, and speaker on Africa, foreign policy, and racism. Over the course of his career, Nesbitt
has made more than one hundred trips to Africa, including trips taken in secret to apartheid-torn South Africa. His career has also included extensive consulting and training on class, race, multiculturalism, and diversity. An experienced teacher and lecturer at both high school and university levels, he has also worked as a “red cap,” social worker, union organizer, special
assistant to Chicago’s Mayor, the late Harold Washington, and a senior program officer with the
MacArthur Foundation in Chicago. During the school year, Nesbitt teaches African history at Chapman University in Orange, California. He also leads educational and cultural travel in Southern Africa and Cuba through his organization Making the Road.