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A dissertation about the self-esteem in certain areas. This is a review of self-esteem, the statement of the review, the methods that were used, the results they came up with, the discussion they had, and references that were used. Focuses on…

This dissertation includes
--research
--statement made of the problem
--view of literacy
--data
--summary
--computer stories
--making sense of technology
--computer use
--discussion
--bibliography
--appendix
--vita

Introduction
While there was no mention of African-Americans in the enabling legislation for the establishment of the Illinois Industrial University (now University of Illinois), as Dr. Winton Solberg stated in his history of the University, "in…

CHAMPAIGN COUNTY, APPROXIMATELY one and a half hours south of Chicago and located in central Illinois, remained a predominantly rural area surrounded by smaller towns and dominated by independent farming until the mid-twentieth century. Though…

Beak, Joel Ralph. "The Employability of the Champaign-Urbana, Illinois, Negro." MA Thesis, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1964.

Bial, Raymond. In All My Years: Portraits of Older Blacks in Champaign-Urbana. Champaign, IL: Champaign…

Stack gives an in-depth look into the culture of blacks. She explains the roles of family members and the way they differ from other cultures.

Shulenburger gives his thesis on the consequences of excluding blacks from the academic employment at the U of I.

Meier's proposal to enlarge the number of African-Americans on campus. This includes employment and students.

This study of Negro Politics in a medium-sized midwestern
city, describes the role residents of the city's
North End ghetto played in the development of an urban
renewal program.
Through passage of the 1949 Federal Housing Act,
Congress took…

Based on original research in Champaign-Urbana elementary schools.