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The first Indiana Black Expo occurred in 1971. [3]Since 1983, Indiana Black Expo has hosted the Circle City Classic. [2] The two-day event, held the first weekend in October, includes a parade as well as its main attraction, a college football game held between two historically black colleges and universities ().
The Circle City Classic is an annual American football game featuring two historically black colleges/universities (HBCUs) and played in Indianapolis, Indiana. The event was established in 1984 by Indiana Black Expo and has been played every year except 2020, when it was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic .
The City Colleges system has its administrative offices in the Chicago Loop. [2] As of 2021, the system has a yearly count of nearly 70,000 students and more than 4,000 faculty and staff members. Juan Salgado is the City Colleges' chancellor since 2017. [3]
The 1895 Chicago Athletic Association football team represented the Chicago Athletic Association (CAA) during the 1895 college football season.Under the management of Harry Cornish, the AAs athletic manager since the 1893 season, the CAA compiled a 10–3–1 record, including an exhibition game with the Swift & Co Stock Yarders.
From 1944 to 1974, the Chicago Bears held their training camp at Saint Joseph's College. [4] The 1971 film Brian's Song—about Brian Piccolo, a Chicago Bears running back who died from carcinoma in the 1970s—was filmed on campus. [5] A charity game for Joy Piccolo, with the Bears versus college all-stars, was played on July 23, 1971.
Kennedy–King is a part of the City Colleges of Chicago, a system of two-year education that has existed in Chicago since 1911. Kennedy–King was founded as Woodrow Wilson Junior College in 1935, named in honor of U.S. president Woodrow Wilson .
Martin University (originally Martin Center College) is a private college in Indianapolis, Indiana. It was founded by Fr Boniface Hardin, OSB and Jane Edward Schilling, CSJ in 1977 to serve low-income, minority, and adult learners. It is the only Predominantly Black Institution (PBI) of higher education in Indiana.
Wilbur Wright College, formerly known as Wright Junior College, [2] is a public community college in Chicago.Part of the City Colleges of Chicago system, it offers two-year associate's degrees, as well as occupational training in IT, manufacturing, medical, cyber tech, and business fields.