Holdings Student Affairs Minority Student Affairs Bruce D. Nesbitt African Am... Finding Aid Holdings Student Affairs Minority Student Affairs Bruce D. Nesbitt African Am... Finding Aid Title: Bruce D. Nesbitt African American Cultural Center Subject File, 1969-2011
ID: 41/12/18
Primary Creator: Bruce D. Nesbitt African American Cultural Center (1969-)
Extent: 23.0 cubic feet
Arrangement: Alphabetical
Date Acquired: 01/31/2011
Subjects: 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
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 programs.
This record series also contains a significant amount of material related to the local student chapter of the NAACP.
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.3 In 2004, the center was rededicated as the Bruce D. Nesbitt African American Cultural Program.4
1 Daily Illini. "Demands bring cultural center." Satuday, November 15, 1969. p. 9.
2 Ibid.
3 Daily Illini. "Black center hopes to expand programs." September 4, 1974. p. 3.
4 Bruce D. Nesbitt AACP Student Guide, 2006. RS 41/12/818 Box 1.
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
URL: https://files.archon.library.illinois.edu/uasfa/4112018.pdf
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