Memo from Consuella Lewis, coordinator in the Champaign-Urbana area, to all the collectors for the Black Women in the Middle
West Heritage Project. A response from Loretha M. Harmon.
Project Background and CET A activities that led to the creation mural and continuity. Reflections by David Monk, Educational Resources in Environmental Science
Selections from the News-Gazette on racism, the Ku Klux Klan, Civil Rights, Poverty, Sanitation, Crime and other aspects of African-American life featured in the local newspaper.
Brief essay on recent black migration to Champaign-Urbana, based on interviews with Charles Hamer, Florette Henri, Daniel Milo Johnson, Marcus E. John, and Margaret G. Wilder, mostly from Rose & Taylor's Barber Shop.