Through the Years: African American History Comes Home. Exhibition Posters, 1996

Title: Through the Years: African American History Comes Home. Exhibition Posters, 1996

Primary Creator: Champaign County African American History Committee

Extent: 9.0 items

Subjects: Champaign County (Ill.), Clubs, Community action, Education, Krannert Art Museum, Military, Museum exhibits, Societies, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Forms of Material: Collected materials

Through the Years: African American History Comes Home was an exhibit on African Americans in Champaign County, Ill. Displayed at the University of Illinois' Krannert Art Museum in the fall and winter of 1996, the exhibit was developed by the Champaign County African American History Committee, in collaboration with the University's Afro-American Studies program and the museum. The exhibit consisted of nine posters on a variety of themes, including arts and entertainment, businesses, community activism, early families, education, fraternal and social organizations, and military service.

In 1997-98 the exhibit was on display at local schools and libraries, including the Champaign Public Library (Main Branch and Douglass Branch), Parkland College, Yankee Ridge School, Urbana High School and Urbana Middle School.

The Library acquired the posters from the University's African American Research Center in 2012.

Champaign County (Ill.)
Clubs
Community action
Education
Krannert Art Museum
Military
Museum exhibits
Societies
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign