Connie Eggleston · Voices of Illinois · University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library

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
Related Resources: Chronology of Campus Protests, ca. 1972 (RS: 41/66/700); David Eisenman Papers, 1965-1974 (RS: 41/2/25); History of the University File, 1914-1991 (RS: 2/14/3); Joy Williamson-Lott Papers, 1997-2001 (RS: 41/30/178); Social Movements at Illinois: Project 500 and Black Power on Campus, 1965-1975; The University of Illinois in the Cold War Era 1945-1975: Project 500

Item sets: Project 500