Cyprus Hughes was born in Chicago, Illinois, the son
of Otis Mae and Sam Hughes on July 9, 1951. After graduation
from high school, he attended Eastern Illinois University
in Charleston, Illinois, where he became a member of the
Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, the Black Student Association
and the Gospel Choir. Mr. Hughes graduated from Eastern
Illinois University with a B.S. degree in Business Administration
and M.S. degree in Education. He later earned a Doctorate
in Theology from Andersonville Baptist Seminary.
Mr. Hughes has worked in the arena of education for over
25 years and is currently an Admissions Advisor at Parkland
College and serves as the advisor to the Black Student
Association. Rev. Hughes is a licensed and ordained Baptist
Minister and has been an Associate Minister at the Mt.
Olive Baptist Church for over 22 years and the Pastor
of the Second Baptist Church of Mattoon, Illinois.
Mr. Hughes is a seminary instructor at the American Baptist
College - Champaign-Danville Extension, a member of the
Dr. Martin Luther King Justice for Advocacy Committee,
a member of the Ministerial Alliance of Champaign-Urbana
and Vicinity, a member of the Religious Leaders for Community
Care and the Institutional Review Board of the University
of Illinois. He is the husband of Caretta Armstrong Hughes
and has one daughter (Cynita) and one granddaughter (Chyrell).
