Clippings from the Daily Illini on local, national and international issues facing African-American and other Black populations. Compiled by the African-American Studies Unit of the University of Illinois under the direction of Gerald McWorter (Abdul…
In Summer 2008, Kimberlie Kranich, outreach coordinator and co-director of the Youth Media Workshop (YMW) at WILLAM-FM-TV in Champaign, IL, began working with program evaluator Holly Downs of the University of Illinois College of Education and her…
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…
Selections from the News-Gazette on racism, the Ku Klux Klan, Civil Rights, Poverty, Sanitation, Crime and other aspects of African-American life featured in the local newspaper.