Illinois Commission on the 50th Anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education records, 1979-2006

  • Identificationhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/eadafc.af0040##
  • TitleIllinois Commission on the 50th Anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education records
  • LanguageEnglish
  • OriginationIllinois Commission on the 50th Anniversary of Brown vs. Board of Education records 2003-2005
  • Date1979-2006
  • Physical Description9 boxes; 5.5 linear feet
  • RepositoryChicago State University, Archives and Special Collections, Chicago, IL 60128
  • AbstractThese records detail the planning and execution of the Commemorative Celebration of the 50th Anniversary of Brown v. Topeka Board of Education on May 17, 2004, hosted by Chicago State University. The collection includes financial records, programs, research notes, newspaper clippings, two CDs and a computer hard drive.

Illinois Commission on the 50th Anniversary of Brown vs. Board of Education, Chicago State University Archives Special Collections.

The Illinois Commission on the 50th Anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education was formed to plan and organize a commemorative celebration of that event. Its co-chairs were Illinois Senate President Emil Jones, Jr. and Speaker of the Illinois House of Representatives Michael J. Madigan. The executive director was Ollie McLemore. The commemorative celebration was held May 17, 2004 at Chicago State University and the program included a reenactment of the legal arguments presented to the Supreme Court in 1954 and the decision proclaimed, as well as a panel discussion entitled, “50 Years Later…Where Are We Now?” The roundtable included Barbara Sizemore, Arnette Hubbard, Mattie Hunter, Antonio Mora, and other legal and academic experts.

  • Subject
    • Civil Rights
    • United States Supreme Court
    • Chicago State University
  • Geographic CoverageUnited States Supreme Court
  • Names
    • Jones, Emil, 1935-
    • Madigan, Michael J.

The collection includes extensive documentation of the planning of the commemorative celebration of the Brown v. Board of Education decision, including meeting agendas, financial and phone records, press coverage of the event, research notes, the papers of executive director Ollie McLemore, and correspondence.

Original order is preserved; some loose documents were placed in folders with supplied titles.