Champaign County African American History Committee

ANNUAL AFRICAN-AMERICAN EVENTS

January:

Martin Luther King Celebration - Sunday on or before his birthday (1/15)

February:

Cotton Club
African-American Read-In-Chain - first Sunday

April:

Gamma Upsilon Psi Society Annual Cotillion
WBCP Black Expo
U of I Black Mom's Day

Summer:

Champaign Public Library's Douglass Branch Summerfest

August:

C-U Days - second Saturday

September:

Douglass Senior Style Show - fourth Sunday
Black Dollars - Labor Day weekend

October:

U of I Black Chorus Annual Concert

November:

Iota Phi Theta Fraternity Inc.: Kappa Omega Chapter's annual Senior Citizens Thanksgiving Dinner at the Douglass Annex

December:

Kwanzaa Celebration - December 26 to January 1