BIRMINGHAM
SING OUT FOR PEACE

Birmingham is a tool for helping develop communities through music. It began as a joint venture between Illinois State University's
Department of Music and the First Baptist Church of El Paso, Illinois in 1987. The purpose was simply to unite town and gown, white and black, and urban and rural. Over 2000 public school children, 600 adults, and 900 college students have participated in it's workshops and performancs. Individuals came from 30 public schools, 28 communities, 25 churches, 20 businesses and 5 social agencies.

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Birmingham   The Musical Letter From A Birmingham Jail 8 p.m. Braden Auditorium Junior high workshop "Learning to Live as One" Grades 7 - 8 9 a.m.-10 p.m. Saturday, February 13, 1999 Bone Student Center Illinois State University Normal, Illinois Workshop registration Bone Student Center 8 - 9 a.m. Senior high workshop "You Can Make It" Grades 9-12 9 a.m.-10 p.m. Cost: $3 students         $5 adults Tickets may be purchase at Braden box office or tickertron   Children's workshop "I Am a Promise" Grades K-6 9 a.m.-10 p.m Family summit Focus on youth "Into The 21st Century" 9 a.m.-5 p.m.   Local Bloomington Area Sites WWW Black Heritage sites Additional Black Heritage Links •Bloomington-Normal branch of the NAACP     •African Heritage Cultural Center •The Internet African American History Challenge •Black History - Learning activities based on Web sites.

 

For more information please contact: Frank Suggs, 1201 Mary Jane, Memphis, Tennessee 38116, Phone: (901) 396-2913 

Email: Fsuggs@ilstu.edu