Photographs of North First Street taken in the mid-1980s. Locations photographed include Our Place Barber Shop, Lone Star Lounge, Candy's Lounge, Champaign Cattle Bank Museum, Brown's Cafe, D'Ghanza Beauty Salon, Jackson's Open Pit BBQ and Lounge.
Alvin Griggs moved to Champaign in the early 1960s and taught in the Champaign School District during the desegregation of the district. At Centennial High he was a coach, physical education teacher and assistant principal.