S.O.U.L. - The Black Brotherhood for Progressive Black People

Activism

Flyer distributed by S.O.U.L., a civil rights group active in the late 1960s and early 1970s. S.O.U.L. stands for Security, Opportunity, Unity, Love.

Urban League Archive

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Mary Clark and Candy Foster Photo

Businesses--Candy's Lounge, Music, Restaurants and Bars

Singer Mary Clark and Gerald "Candy" Foster in "Candy's Lounge," a bar that existed on North First Street in the former Eagle's Nest building during the late 1980s and early 1990s.

News-Gazette

News-Gazette

1990

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Still Image

North First Street Outdoor Photographs

North First Street

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.

1985

North First Street Photograph

North First Street

Undated color photograph of North First Street businesses.

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North First Street - Ten Years Ago

North First Street

Undated image of North First Street from sometime in the 1970s, showing the vibrancy of the community at that time.

Danny Taborn

Undated. Circa 1980.

Ted's - The Soulfulest

Restaurants, Geography--North First Street

Advertisement for "Ted's," a business at 120 North First Street in the 1970s. From "The Plain Truth" newspaper.

Undated, circa 1970

City of Champaign Minority Business Directory

Businesses, Directory

Directory of businesses owned by or with significant administrative supervision by minorities in primarily Champaign, although the directory also includes a number of businesses in Urbana owned by Champaign residents. Includes not only African-Americans, but Hispanics and Asian-Americans as well.

City of Champaign

2009-2010

North First Street Sanborn Map

Maps

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map of the North First Street area in Champaign, Illinois.

1909

Champaign, IL Toxic Tour Map

Environment, Racism

Map of "Toxic" sites in Champaign-Urbana, predominantly in African-American neighborhoods.

Ken Salo and C-U Citizens for Peace and Justice

ca. 2005

Bristol Place Neighborhood Improvement Plan

Urban Planning, Bristol Place

Master's project entailing working with residents of Bristol Place in Champaign (over 70% African-American as of 2005), in improving their neighborhood.

Benjamin A. Mason and Jason R. Zawila

Department of Urban and Regional Planning, UIUC

May 2005