- Pioneers in the Struggle: teacher training sessions held during the months of June, July and September as well as a presentation to an assembly of 300 State of Illinois school superintendents.
- Meet the HistoryMakers – A Day of Education: 60 HistoryMakers came from around the country to participate in this event which is attended by teachers, students and librarians.
- WVON - The Good Ol’ Days of ‘60s Radio: a panel discussion at the Chicago Cultural Center with legendary personalities including Lucky Cordell, Cecil Hale, Herb Kent, Richard Pegue and Pervis Spann.
- The HistoryMakers is named a special collection as part of the Illinois State Library system.
- An Evening with Ossie Davis & Ruby Dee: held at the Art Institute of Chicago, the event was taped as a TV program to be aired national on PBS.