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City, community members strive to help underdeveloped community

Seon Williams has worked in his barbershop, The Whip, 904 N. Fourth St., in Champaign, for 10 years. Throughout that time, many have said he has become more a brother than a barber to the members of the North Champaign community.

“A lot of…

This file is a pamphlet of the League of Women Voters in Champaign County.

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.
Getting Personal With Preston Williams

This is a personal interview with Preston Williams, the Superintendent of Urbana Schools. This interview is not necessarily relavent to his career, however it helps the reader to get to know him a little better.

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.
June 10-13 2010 Clippings, News Gazette