2010 Civil Rights Summer Institute Overview

Last week the AHTC Summer Institute on the Civil Rights movement brought together ninety teachers and twenty members of the community with professors, speakers, local presenters to remember, analyze, and discuss the Civil Rights movement of the 1960s and its legacy.The AHTC was very honored to be joined by members of the community, including members of the local NAACP, president of local NAACP, Rev. Jerome Chambers, president of the Ministerial Alliance of Champaign-Urbana & Vicinity, Reverend Doctor Evelyn Underwood and former Dean of Minority Student Affairs, Michael Jeffries. In addition, several members of the Urbana School District administration, Superintendent Preston Williams, Assistant Superintendent Don Owen, Assistant Superintendent Gayle Jeffries and Director of Curriculum and Instruction Jean Korder, attended many of the days of the institute.

Starting off the week, eminent scholar, Patricia Sullivan gave a keynote speech on the history of the NAACP. She was followed by Ilyasah Shabazz, the daughter of Malcolm X, Barry Bradford, a Chicago high school teacher who helped to reopen and successfully prosecute the forty-year old murder of three civil rights workers, Bobby Seale and Julian Bond. This amazing roster was supplemented by a presentation by Dr. Preston Williams, teacher presentations, presentations by local activists and a resource presentation by local librarian Carol Inskeep. Three movies and two documentaries were screened for the teaches and they were given over 20 books and magazines for their collections of Civil Rights resources. Overall, it was an amazing week, and we thank all of your for your participation and support.


Patricia Sullivan lectures in UMS 1520.



Ilyasah Shabazz with Jamila Appleby.



Teachers enjoy the displays provided by community organizations.




Barry Bradford addresses the crowd.




Bobby Seale signs a copy of his book for Priscilla Kron.



Bobby Seale warns elementary teacher Laura Martin that his book contains cursing and is not suitable for her classroom.



Julian Bond and Greg Chew discuss the 1968 Democratic Convention.

Stay tuned for more posts describing the Summer Institute and the wonderful presentations that rounded out our week.