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New Focus On Committee Of Champaign Police and African-Americans After Teen Shooting
Story air date: Thursday, November 19, 2009
A committee working for better relations between the Champaign police and the African-American community is scheduled to meet Thursday (November 19th) at 3 PM, at the Douglass Community Center. After a decade of regular meetings, the Champaign Community and Police Partnership is getting more attention, following last month’s shooting death of 15 year old Kiwane Carrington during a police confrontation. AM 580’s Jim Meadows reports on the group, known as “C-Cap” for short:
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government • Champaign • race/ethnicityCitizens Demand Answers, Action after Champaign Police Shooting
Story air date: Wednesday, October 21, 2009
It wasn’t on the agenda, but the October 9th shooting death of Kiwane Carrington in a confrontation with police was the major topic at Tuesday night’s Champaign City Council meeting. Council members heard some three hours of comments from a skeptical and sometimes angry public. AM 580’s Jim Meadows reports.
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civil rights • crime • government • Champaign • race/ethnicityPossible Answers for Problems Facing Black Men
Story air date: Wednesday, October 01, 2008
The words “at risk” are often pinned on African-American males for several reasons. They’re considered less likely to finish high school, more likely to have been in prison, and subject to greater health problems and shorter life spans. Now, recently signed legislation has set up a state task force to study these problems and report on possible solutions. And for the past four weeks, Illinois’ Task Force on the Condition of African-American Males has been gathering community input at town hall meetings around the state. The task force held one of its meetings in Urbana. AM 580’s Jim Meadows reports.
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civil rights • community life • economy • government • Illinois • politics • race/ethnicityA New Native American Face on Campus
Story air date: Tuesday, April 08, 2008
The next director of American Indian Studies at the University of Illinois says the debate over Chief Illiniwek severely hampered the program in the past. Robert Warrior (left), currently an English professor at the University of Oklahoma, says the symbol's retirement brings a unique opportunity when he takes over the program this fall. He told AM 580's Jeff Bossert that the change at the UI led him to accept the job.
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education • race/ethnicityLast Dance
Story air date: Thursday, February 22, 2007
For the sellout crowd at the Assembly Hall in Champaign February 21, the big highlight wasn’t Illinois’ victory over Michigan, but the last appearance of Chief Illiniwek. The Chief has plenty of critics -- but at the game, supporters showed how much they loved him. AM 580's Jim Meadows reports.
Photo by Amelia Moore, The Daily Illini
