Bruce D. Nesbitt African American Cultural Center Subject File, 1969-2011 | University of Illinois Archives

Title: Bruce D. Nesbitt African American Cultural Center Subject File, 1969-2011

Series Number: 41/12/18

Acquired: 01/31/2011.

Volume: 13.4 cubic feet

Arrangement

Alphabetical

Creator(s)

Bruce D. Nesbitt African American Cultural Center (1969-)

Subjects (links to similar materials)

African-American Cultural Program
African-Americans
African-American Students
Black History
Black Students
Chief Illiniwek
Choirs
Dance
Drama
Minority Student Affairs Office
Mothers Day
Radio Station
Student Unions

Administrative Information

Adiminsrative/Biographical History:

The Afro-American Cultural Center was opened in 1969 in response to the demands of 150 black students to Chancellor Peltason to end "institutional racism" on campus.¹ Val Gray was hired as the first director of the Center.² In 1974, Bruce Nesbitt, who had been the interim director, was appointed to that position in a permanent capacity.³In 2004, the center was rededicated as the Bruce D. Nesbitt African American Cultural Program.⁴

¹Daily Illini. "Demands bring cultural center." Satuday, November 15, 1969. p. 9.

²Ibid.

³Daily Illini. "Black center hopes to expand programs." September 4, 1974. p. 3.

⁴Bruce D. Nesbitt AACP Student Guide, 2006. RS 41/12/818 Box 1.

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Description:

Bruce D. Nesbitt African American Cultural Center Subject File includes agendas, budgets, contracts, correspondence, minutes, newsclippings, performance agreements, photographs, programs, publications, and student surveys relating to the Association for Black Culture Centers, Black Chorus, Black Congratulatory Program, Black History Month, Central Black Student Union, commencement, dance, drama, Griot (for more, see RS 41/12/818), Moms Day, Omnimov, staff meetings, University of Illinois Black Alumni Association, WBML, and other AACP programs.

This record series also contains a significant amount of material related to the local student chapter of the NAACP.

Many photographs have not been identified. If you can provide the archives with information regarding the description of the photos please contact illiarch@illinois.edu.

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