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Abstract: This lecture discusses Great Debates in African American history- those of Emancipation, Self-Determination, and Black Liberation. Course: AFRO 490: Rethinking Theory in Black Studies …

Abstract: Abdul Alkalimat talks about the organization of six civil rights organizations in terms of time, space and force. Title: In the Box Speaker: Abdul Alkalimat, Professor of African American…

Abstract: This first lecture covers the history of Black Studies, its relation to Communist and Socialist thought, and why Black Studies matters. Course: AFRO 490: Rethinking Theory in Black Studies …

Abstract: Abdul Alkalimat discusses the history of the civil rights movement during the 1960s. Title: In the Box, Part 2 Speaker: Abdul Alkalimat Professor of African American Studies,…

Eleanor Saunders Towns eyes were initially set on Howard University, but an administrative error redirected her to the University of Illinois in 1961. Towns was a State Champion High…

Connie Rolison Corbett came to the University of Illinois as a transfer student in 1963, majoring in medical technology. She came to Illinois because she felt lonely at Ohio University, where she…

Born and raised in Chicago, Beverly Effort Biggs applied to Illinois at the encouragement of a high school teacher in 1961. Up until then, her educational environments had been majority - black. She…

speech by martin luther king talking about reparations