Chicago Defender Excerpts on Champaign-Urbana African-American Community

Chicago Defender, Masons, Bethel A.M.E. Church, Morningstar Freewill Baptist, Salem Baptist Church, St. Luke's C.M.E., Albert Lee, 1910s, 1920s, 1930s, Racism, Civil Rights

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Chicago Defender

Proquest Historical Newspapers Database

ca. 1910-1930

Cotillion 2006

Gamma Upsilon Psi

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33d Annual Cotillion Ball (2005)

Sororities, Education, African American Women, Post-Secondary Education, Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity Inc., Gamma Upsilon Psi Society

This source is the booklet from the thirty-second annual Cotillion Ball held in April, 2005 in Holiday Inn Conference Center, Urbana. It includes the biographies and photographs of Tekyra Algee, Alicia Burden, Catherine Carter, Jennifer Cook, Twila Douglas, Hillary Fears, Samantha Gardner, Monique Harris, Chauntria Lipscomb, Kristie Marquardt, Wynita Mock, and Kandace Odom, as well as many business advertisements.

2 April, 2005

32nd Annual Cotillion Ball (2004)

Sororities, Education, African American Women, Post-Secondary Education, Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity Inc., Gamma Upsilon Psi Society

This source is the booklet from the thirty-second annual Cotillion Ball held in April, 2004 in Holiday Inn Conference Center, Urbana. It includes the biographies and photographs of Danae Brown, Karen Carter, Kimera Coburn, Tamara Giboney, Jessica Hayes, Jenell Hendrix, Te' Asha Jones, Whitney Keaton, Niandra McFerren, Shantel Pettigrew, Markia Stevenson, and Tiffany Williams, as well as many business advertisements.

3 April, 2004

Illinois Pioneers: African-American History in Champaign

WILL, Illinois Public Media, Estelle Merrifield, Hester Suggs, Nelson Family

Illinois Pioneers
7:30 pm Thursday, Feb. 24

WILL-TV’s Illinois Pioneers looks at African-American history in Champaign through the eyes of Estella Merrifield and Hester Suggs, sisters and members of the Nelson family, one of the earliest African-American families in Champaign.

Through their memories and photos, the program chronicles a portion of history from the Civil War through the Civil Rights protests of the late 1960s.

They talk about their grandfather, Joseph Nelson, who around 1900 was one of the first African Americans in the Champaign County Sheriff’s Department, and describe the importance of organizations such as the American Legion in the lives of African-American residents. Churches, such as Salem Baptist and Bethel AME, were all-important as well, they said.

“The black churches were not only the social hub of the community, but the educational hub of the community, the same position they still hold,” said Suggs, a former Champaign school principal.

They also talk to host Rick Atterberry about the importance to the community of Albert R. Lee, the university’s first black employee, who worked for the University of Illinois for 52 years through seven administrations. From a messenger boy in a university of 800 students, he advanced through the ranks to become Chief Clerk in the office of the university president. Lee helped black students find places to live with families in the community during a time when black students were not allowed to live on campus and encouraged them to stay in school, they said.

Funding for Illinois Pioneers – Champaign @ 150 is made possible, in part, by the Noel Foundation, and by donors to the Champaign 150th Anniversary Celebration Fund. More information on the city’s 150th Anniversary is at champaign150.com.

Salem Baptist Church Programs and Newsletters

Salem Baptist Church

From 2011 - for older documentation of Salem Baptist Church search "Salem Baptist Church" in the search box above. Contact us to submit additional programs and newsletters from Salem Baptist Church and other churches in Champaign-Urbana!

Salem Baptist Church

2011

Documentation from CUCPJ's Eliminating Police Abuse: Police & Community Responsability

Champaign Urbana Citizens for Peace & Justice, Salem Baptist Church, Policing, NAACP, Ubuntu, Leon E. Frazier

Includes event flyer and event survey of police-community interactions.

CUCPJ

15 April 2011

Family Advocacy in Champaign County Images of Jazz in East Central Illinois

Jazz, Blues, Ragtime, African-American Music, Bridgewater, Count Demon, Jack McDuff

Images from Krannert Center for the Performing Art's Jazz Threads and related photographs from Doris K. Wylie Hoskins Archive for Cultural Diversity and private collections.

Various

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ca. 2002

The Voice of the Black Community, Vol. 1, No. 1.

newspapers, The Voice of the Black Community

Volume 1, Number 1 of The Voice of the Black Community

The Voice of the Black Community

March 15, 1989

The Vanguard Community Newspaper, Vol. 1, No. 1

newspapers, The Vanguard Community Newspaper

Volume 1, number 1 of The Vanguard Community Newspaper.

The Vanguard Community Newspaper

Summer, 1984