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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…

Defunct website of Lone Star Lodge in Champaign, preserved by Internet Archive.

A video promo for the Community Garden being built at Douglass Park in Champaign, Illinois in coordination with the College of Business at the University of Illinois.

Police Officer Daniel Norbits has been suspended for 30 days by City of Champaign City Manager Steve Carter due to his actions in the fatal shooting of Kiwane Carrington Oct. 9, 2009.

The decision was determined by review of the Internal…

This web site was created by one of the student's in Afro 220, Justin Allen.

This study will track the progression of slave patrolling tactics to the way Blacks are being patrolled in Champaign, Illinois. The study will follow the transition of…

Article on Professor Leon Dash's tutoring of local African-American youth in the art of the investigative interview.

Features memories of Michael James Brown, son of Khair Ali, who grew up in Champaign and Rantoul and remembers the racist climate of the time and the cultural life of the black community in Champaign County.

In 1941, the 99th Pursuit Squadron was activated at Chanute Field in Rantoul, Illinois, becoming the first all-black fighter squadron in the United States Army Air Corps. William R. Thompson, trained at Chanute Field as an armaments officer, and then…