Connie Eggleston
- Title
- Connie Eggleston
- Date(s)
- 9/18/2018
- Interviewee(s)
- Connie Eggleston See all items with this value
- Interviewer(s)
- Ellen Swain See all items with this value
- Interviewer Position
- Archivist for Student Life and Culture
- Summary
- Connie Penda-Eggelston was born in Chicago in 1948 to well-known musicians. Her older brother, a Project 500 Recruiter, convinced her to come back to the Illinois in 1968 after she withdrew from the University from her first term starting in 1966. She was a member of BSA and participated in the September 10, 1968 Union Demonstration. Participating in cultural programs and actively engaging with Champaign black youth were how she spent her time as a student.
- Subject(s)
- alumni See all items with this value
- alumni reunions See all items with this value
- black student association See all items with this value
- black students See all items with this value
- connie eggleston See all items with this value
- illini union See all items with this value
- oral history See all items with this value
- project 500 See all items with this value
- protests See all items with this value
- student life See all items with this value
- university archives See all items with this value
- Item sets
- Project 500
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