Timeline: 1976

Ground Level/Ground Level Critique, was published by Oasis Graphic Arts/Alonzo (Beets) Mitchell from 1976-1993.

Publication of the short-lived Spectrum.

The University of Illinois’ Illinois Opera Theater produces the opera “Porgy and Bess” starring William Warfield in his signature role and a cast that represented both University of Illinios students and individuals from the Champaign-Urbana community. It was reportedly the first time the Gershwin family granted permission for a university to stage a production of this work.

The new Douglass Center is completed, and included a Senior Center Annex. The Annex was placed in a renovated building that once housed the neighborhood IGA Grocery Store.

The Douglass Center Library moves to the former Champaign Asphalt Company’s offices on east Bradley Avenue as the Douglass Branch Library.

1976: The Douglass Senior Citizens formally organize out of the Honey Tuts, a senior group that met at the old Lawhead Elementary School.