Cultural Centers
Title
Cultural Centers
Subject
Cultural Centers Today
Description
"In 1969 the African American Cultural Center was created with the two-fold purpose of assisting the University in providing a safe and welcoming environment for African American students and a resource to the campus at-large regarding African American contributions and issues."
This quote from the homepage of the Bruce D. Nesbitt African American Cultural Center helps lay out the purpose of the Cultural Center. After initially being criticized for being ineffective (top), the African American House began to be known as a true cultural center. The success of the student unity that this institution brought (center) helped to spark the creation of other Cultural Centers as well. La Casa followed in 1974. The Asian American Cultural Center (bottom) was founded in 2005 and the Native American House followed shortly afterwards.
This quote from the homepage of the Bruce D. Nesbitt African American Cultural Center helps lay out the purpose of the Cultural Center. After initially being criticized for being ineffective (top), the African American House began to be known as a true cultural center. The success of the student unity that this institution brought (center) helped to spark the creation of other Cultural Centers as well. La Casa followed in 1974. The Asian American Cultural Center (bottom) was founded in 2005 and the Native American House followed shortly afterwards.
Source
1. Irepodun: The Black Yearbook (1972)
2. Daily Illini, Illini Publishing Company
3. studentaffairs.illinois.edu/diversity/bnaacc
2. Daily Illini, Illini Publishing Company
3. studentaffairs.illinois.edu/diversity/bnaacc
Contributor
University of Illinois Archives
Type
text, image
- Date Added
- April 25, 2013
- Collection
- Legacies: Whose University?
- Item Type
- Still Image
- Citation
- “Cultural Centers,” Project 500, accessed March 29, 2024, https://project500.omeka.net/items/show/13.