This source is the booklet of the first annual Cotillion Ball held in May of 1972 at the Ramada Inn. It includes biographies and photographs of Roslyn Council, Sharon Creighton, Linda Jackson, Sandra Patterson, Regina Montgomery, and Deborah Roberts,…
Clippings from the Daily Illini on local, national and international issues facing African-American and other Black populations. Compiled by the African-American Studies Unit of the University of Illinois under the direction of Gerald McWorter (Abdul…
Describes the condition of housing, especially low-income housing, in Champaign County, including descriptions of local agencies (including the Community Advocacy Depot) charged with helping low-income individuals achieve adequate housing.
Describes the University of Illinois' involvement in a health education project at the Frances Nelson Health Center, with recommendations about how to make the program more effective.
Describes the leisure experiences of inter-racial families in Champaign-Urbana using social network analysis. Concludes that inter-racial families feel heightened discomfort in public leisure settings owing to racism.
The recent events resulting in the shooting death of 15-year old Kiwane Carrington high lights the national tragedy of youth victims of violence. The national trend is increasing across U.S. urban centers. Recent national exposure of youth victim…
Clippings from the Illinois Times Newspaper, an African-American newspaper published in Champaign-Urbana from the late 1940s to the late 1960s. IN PROCESS - check back for more clippings.
This file is a book about the strategies for a positive racial environment. This includes many chapters but it also includes the problem and the questions trying to be solved, the introduction, and the significance of the study.
