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This is a report on African Americans who resided in the North End of Champaign-Urbana in the late 1960s, it features sociological approaches to gather data and information regarding black identity in this community.

A brief history of the beginning of the Urban League in Champaign-Urbana.

This journal article is a field report, featuring interviews and quotes from Champaign and Urbana citizens at the time dealing with the issues surrounding the development and stated purposes of the Douglass Branch Library. This article features…

The League of Women Voters wrote up a plan to get public housing for women in Champaign-Urbana.

How urban families are organized within black communities, and the role of culture in black homes.

This is a book on Bridging the Digital Divide. It covers many topics such as
--the digital divide
--framing whiteness
--bridging the divide in Champaign-Urbana
--Revelation of whiteness
--the discussion and conclusion
--the references
--the…

Within the field of composition history, much is presently known about the ways in
which elite groups have employed literacy instruction to preserve economic and/or political
power and privilege. However, as a number of recent scholars suggest,…

Focuses on the history of lyceums and informal rhetorical education at Bethel A.M.E. in Champaign in the early 20th century.

Many of the references have since gone missing. Check with the libraries mentioned in the report to see if the items are still available. Bibliography focuses principally on the years 1965-1970.

The present study explored the experiences of African American parents engaging in their children’s education in a medium-sized mid-western community. More specifically, the project examined African American parents’ perceptions of…