Salem's Family and Friend Day 2009

Church

This file includes
--the family and friend's day program
--the preface
--announcements
--history of family and friend's day
--the organizers

Committee members for Family and Friend's Day

2009

Champaign's 150 Year Anniversary Celebration

Community Involvement

This file includes
--ads from companies in the Champaign-Urbana area
--signature events being held
--stories of how places used to be

Dam McCollum

not known

not known

Empty Tomb Newsletter

Community involvement

This talks about Empty Tomb and how they got their building. This file also talks about the donations, the events that they had, the employment opportunities, and the mission match.

Cecil Bailingsly

Empty Tomb,Inc.

April-May 2010

AFRO 498 Program

Program

It tells you about the program that they had, the people that helped out, and the guests that they had.

Salem Baptist Church

Office of Equal Opportunity and Access

May 2010

Community and Police Forum Focus Questions and Responses

Crime, Policing, and Gangs

These are the ideas taken at a community forum in March about how to improve the relationship between the police and the community.

City of Champaign remembers life of Mable Thomas

Champaign City Government, Civil Rights

The city of Champaign is dedicating a street to Mable Thomas for many years of work in the community. Mable Thomas passed away April 13, 2010 in St. Louis, Missouri.

Marty Malone

Daily Illini

4 May 2010

Center offers camps to budding musicians

Campus community interaction and initiatives

Salem Baptist Church hosts the African American Culture Center's budding muscicians program. The camp began June 7th and ends on the 12th. The Developing artist's camp another program from the above mentioned sponsor starts August 9th and ends on the 14th. The camp is for low and moderate income student.

News-Gazette

2010

The Great Society at the Grassroots: Local Adaptation to Federal Initiatives of the 1960s -- Champaign-Urbana

Federalism, Local History, Urban Renewal, Policing, Government

Book-length study of how the federal programs of the 1960s and 1970s challenged the culture of individualism and small government in Champaign-Urbana. Includes much discussion about issues facing African-Americans in the two cities. Chapters include: Background: Culture and Change; Champaign and Urbana: Twin Civil Communities; Champaign County; Urbana: The Rise of the Democrats; Democratic Development Policies; Urbana: Social Problems; Champaign: The Relationship of Political Culture and Government Structure; Champaign: Toward Racial Integration; Champaign: Economic Development and Environmental Regulation

Rozann Rothman

University Press of America

1984

Race and Higher Education at the University of Illinois, 1945 to 1955

On-campus, Racism

The vast majority of literature on the history of education for African Americans
focuses on the role of racism as the principle factor shaping their educational experiences.
To understand what African American students experienced during the 1945-1955 era
(end of World War II to Brown decision), it is necessary to investigate and interpret the
traditions, rules and practices developed during the four and one-half decades leading up
to 1945. Fusing written sources with oral histories enhances a document by providing a
compete account of an historical event or encounter, thus enabling the development of a
conceptual framework for the history of African American students at the University of
Illinois, between the years of 1945-1955. This dissertation examines the University of
Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, centering on the special conditions confronting African
American students. Furthermore it seeks to show how racism was a principle factor in
shaping the educational experiences of Americans of African ancestry.
African American students that attended the University of Illinois at Urbana-
Champaign (UIUC, U of I, Illinois and University), from the early years of its founding
had to bear much of the burden their ancestors had endured. They were allowed to attend
the University, however enrollment was on a limited basis, and they were not accepted as
full and equal participants. The experiences of African American students at UIUC from
1945 to 1955 (end of World War II to Brown decision), though unique in their own
terms, were nonetheless part of a history of overt and institutionalized discrimination
dating back to the founding of the University. In order to fully appreciate and understand
the experiences of 1945-1955 it is critical to comprehend the traditions and customs of
coping with racism and alienation that were established in the preceding decades. This
information is vital to the establishment of a conceptual framework for the history of
African American students, at the University of Illinois, between the years of 1945-1955.

Deirdre Lynn Cobb

unpublished doctoral dissertation, Education

1998

Disparities in Juvenile Justice Processing of African-American Males in Champaign County, IL. 1998-1999.

Juvenile Justice

The study investigated the frequency of arrest and sentencing outcomes of
African-American male youth in comparison to their White counterparts in
Champaign County, 1998 through 1999. The study included juveniles between
the ages of 10 and 17. The juvenile population was divided into three ethnic
categories for this study-White, African-American, and Other. The juveniles
studied consisted of male youth w!1o experienced some form of contact with the
Champaign-Urbana police. These juveniles were either arrested or taken into
police custody for alleged criminal activity. Juveniles adjudicated delinquent,
placed on probation, and incarcerated in Champaign County were also identified
for this study.
This study was based on an analysis of the contingency table and chisquare
tests that involved collecting data on male youth at different points in the
juvenile justice system. The data collected identified the age and race of juveniles
who had police contact. A chi-square test determined that there was a statistical
significance of difference for the variables of race, age, and number of police
contacts. Crime patterns were explored for all youth arrested and data were
examined using frequency tables to compare the crime patterns between White
and African-American male youth. Also identified was the frequency of
adjudication between African-American and White male youth. The limitation of
data prohibited this researcher from testing the significance of variables such as
crime, gender, ethnicity, and adjudication outcomes. However, a chi-square test
was used to analyze the significance of race and year. A statistically significant
positive association was found between year and race.
The researcher sought to determine the significance in the incarceration!
probation of African-American and White male youth. Chi-square tests were
conducted with the assumption that there was no significant difference between
incarcerated African-American and White male youth. Descriptive statistics were
used to determine factors that are consistent in incarceration for both 1998 and
1999.
The study examined the "risk indicator" of incarcerated youth. In particular,
the study sought to compare the characteristics of incarcerated African-American
and White male youth.
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Erica Marcia Collins

unpublished doctoral dissertation, Education

2000