Pardon Me, Brother: Vermilion County, IL African-American History

This website contains files from the "Pardon Me Brother" program directed by Jacqueline Woodard-Smith.

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Polly Neal was the first African in Vermilion County. She arrived about 1832 with her former slave owner Abraham Sandusky (Sodusky), who she had…

b/w photocopy of Allen Chapel Angels of Glory Choir from the Highway to Heaven musical presented at Garfield School July 18-19, 1946.

Lorean Hayden…

b/w photocopy of Allen Chapel Junior Choir from Highway to Heaven musical presented at Garfield School July 18-19, 1946.

b/w photocopy of the Aleen Chapel Victory Choir
from the Highway to Heaven musical presented at Garfield School July 18-19, 1946.