Brown Grants
In late 2002 the Brown Jubilee Commemoration Committee issued a request for proposals to fund research, speakers, conferences, lectures, seminars, exhibits, performances, and other activities as part of the academic year 2003-2004 commemoration of Brown v. Board of Education. The following list contains the names of the principal investigator or investigators, their affiliation, and a brief description of the funded projects, in no particular order.
Principal Investigator(s)
Kathryn J. Anthony, Professor
Affiliation
Chair, Design Program Faculty, School of Architecture, College of Fine and Applied Arts
Project Title
"Documenting the History of African-American Architects Educated at UIUC"
Principal Investigator(s)
R. Kirby Barrick, Associate Dean for Academic Programs
Affiliation
College of Agricultural, Consumer, and Environmental Sciences
Project Title
"Illinois Agriculture: The Role of African-American Farmers"
Principal Investigator(s)
Kal Alston, Director, Women's Studies Program
Affiliation
Women's Studies Program
Project Title
"Film Series: Run Like a Girl: Representing Women in Sport after Title IX"
Principal Investigator(s)
Louis F. Mir˜n, Professor
Affiliation
Department of Educational Policy Studies, College of Education
Project Title
"Forging Community Partnerships to Address the Achievement Gap in Champaign"
Principal Investigator(s)
Louis W. Liebovich, Professor
Affiliation
Department of Journalism, College of Communications
Project Title
"Dee Brown and the Depictions of Native Americans"
Principal Investigator(s)
Cheryl A. Barber, Program Director
Affiliation
Office of Continuing Education
Project Title
"Part 1: Living History: Dialogues with an Original Freedom Rider, October 17 - 23, 2003, and
Part 2: Reunion of the Original Freedom Riders, May 4 - 14, 2004"
Principal Investigator(s)
Jason Chambers, Assistant Professor
Affiliation
Department of Advertising, College of Communications
Project Title
"A Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Waste: A History of the United Negro College Fund and Its Advertising Campaign"
Principal Investigator(s)
John Jennings, Assistant Professor
Affiliation
Graphic Design Program, Department of Art & Design, College of Fine and Applied Arts
Project Title
"CHANCE"
Principal Investigator(s)
Barbara M. Jones, Associate Professor, et al.
Affiliation
The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library
Project Title
"The UIUC Library: Engaging the Campus and Public in the 2003-2004 Brown v. Board of Education Jubilee"
Principal Investigator(s)
Kimberly Kranich, Outreach Coordinator, WILL AM-FM-TV, et al.
Affiliation
WILL
Project Title
"Brown and Beyond"
Principal Investigator(s)
Cynthia Oliver, Assistant Professor
Affiliation
Department of Dance, College of Fine and Applied Arts
Project Title
"Conversations in Black on Brown: Dance Artists and the Creative Process in a Post-Brown v. Board of Education Era"
Principal Investigator(s)
Brenda Pacey, Program Director, Academic Outreach, Office of Continuing Education, and
David Vaughn, Program Director, Chicago Programs, Office of Continuing Education
Affiliation
Office of Continuing Education
Project Title
"Letters, Literature, and Litigation: Documents from the Frontline/Primary and Secondary Sources for Remembering, Teaching, and Exploring the Civil Rights Movement for Illinois K-12 Students, Educators, and Citizens"
Principal Investigator(s)
Catherine Prendergast, Assistant Professor
Affiliation
Department of English, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Project Title
"Witnessing Brown: The Scholar as Expert Witness in Education Cases"
Principal Investigator(s)
Walter Feinberg, Professor, et al.
Affiliation
Department of Educational Policy Studies, College of Education
Project Title
"Judging the 'Performance' of Our Nation's Schools: The Illinois Project for Democratic School Evaluation"
Principal Investigator(s)
Karen M. Carney, Associate Director, Office of Continuing Education
Affiliation
Office of Continuing Education
Project Title
"'Invisible Women' and the Civil Rights Movement: A Summer Institute for K-12 Educators"
Principal Investigator(s)
Susan Cohen, Chair of the Athletic Board
Affiliation
Division of Intercollegiate Athletics
Project Title
"Embracing Diversity Through Title IX of the Educational Amendments of 1972: A Conference and Assessment"
Principal Investigator(s)
James E. Pfander, Prentice Marshall Professor, and Tomiko Nagin-Brown, Assistant Professor
Affiliation
College of Law
Project Title
"Class Conflicts: Divergent Interests Among Members of Civil Rights Class Actions"
Principal Investigator(s)
Paul Tiyambe Zeleza, Professor, Department of History, and Director, Center for African Studies
Affiliation
Department of History and Center for African Studies, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Project Title
"International Context and Connections: The Significance of Brown v. Board of Education to African-Americans and Africans"
Other projects receiving limited funding include:
Krannert Center for Performing Arts
Ralph Lemon Residences
Office for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Concerns
Speaker: Judith ButlerRoger Ebert's Overlooked Film Festival
Panels/Speakers for 2004 Festival
Department of Theater
Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun
