Timeline: 1980
The census recorded 11,986 Black residents in Champaign County.
The Black Alumni Association of the University of Illinois was formed.
The Alpha Lambda Chapter of Iota Phi Theta Fraternity was chartered on the campus of the University of Illinois.

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