Timeline: 1929

Omega Psi Phi – Pi Psi Chapter, was chartered at the University of Illinois. Its address was 412 E. Park Street, Champaign. They would move later.

The Ku Klux Klan Headquarters at the Illinois Theater in Urbana was burnt down.

Late 1920s: Russell Nesbitt became the first of the Nesbitt brothers who entered the University of Illinois. Through the 1930s and early 1940s the five sons of Lucian and Christine Nesbitt attended the University majoring in medicine, physics, law and engineering. Despite the family’s lack of financial resources and racial restriction, all five graduated and went on to have successful careers.

Late 1920s: Douglas Turner became the first African American to play tennis at the University of Illinois. He received both his undergraduate and graduate degrees from the university.