This project aims to answer the following questions: 1) What is the historical background of the Central Black Student Union (CBSU)? 2) Does CBSU still perform the same functions and hold fast to the same traditions and beliefs that they once…
This Web site offers a place for citizens, journalists and university students to share news, raise and discuss issues, find assistance and suggest solutions.
Engaging and Empowering Youth (E2Y) is a year-long collaboration between talented teens and adult mentors. Based in Champaign-Urbana, Illinois, these African-American teenagers worked to map local teen resources and share their findings with youth…
This inquiry, based on qualitative data obtained from both participant interviews and my own personal observations, seeks to understand the relationship between African American students of Parkland College, the University of Illinois, and similarly…
Website of local musician Candy Foster, who has lived in Champaign-Urbana since the 1960s and is often described as the "hardest working musician" in the twin cities.
Legal assistance foundation to dedicate new home on Friday
Mon, 04/07/2008 - 7:01am | The News-Gazette
CHAMPAIGN – The Land of Lincoln Legal Assistance Foundation will dedicate its new building in north Champaign on Friday.
The Public-i, a project of the Urbana- Champaign Independent Media Center, is an independent, collectively-run, community- oriented publication that provides a forum for topics underreported and voices under- represented in the dominant media. All…
Finding Aid .Research notes and draft chapters in the Illinois Writers Project/"Negro in Illinois" Papers are arranged according to the sequence of chapters in the projected book on African American history and culture in Illinois. Where the…
