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Champaign-Urbana Shack Study
Report prepared by Champaign-Urbana League of Women Voters
Tags: 1940s, Housing, League of Women Voters
Willa Mae Varnado Pickens
Photographs of Willa Mae Varnado Pickens (d. May 15, 1960), who was director of Music at Salem Baptist Church.
Injustice Sheltered: Race Relations at the University of Illinois and Champaign-Urbana, 1942-1962
Dissertation describing the segregated nature of Champaign-Urbana and the struggle to integrate various facilities, especially around Campustown. Education Dissertation, UIUC
The University of Illinois and the Drive for Negro Equality, 1945-1951
Describes the impact of various individuals associated with the University in pushing for the integration of various public facilities and private businesses in Champaign-Urbana in the early post-World War II period. Draws on the recently…
Play Ball, Part II - Through the Years: African-American History in Champaign County
Part two of this special feature on African-American baseball leagues and teams focuses on the Champaign Eagles, part of the Eastern Illinois League in the 1950s and 1960s. Features personal reminiscences by Ernie Westfield, J.W. Pirtle, Bud Johnson,…
Play Ball, Part I - Through the Years
Tells stories about Negro League Baseball and its impact locally. Features biographies of individual players, such as John C. Johnson, Sr, Vernon C. Lewis, and Elsa Utley, as well as clippings from local newspapers describing the League.
A Community Report
A report on various issues African-American residents of Champaign-Urbana faced during the 1940s. Compiled by the League of Women Voters.