The Rev. William H. Donaldson: An Oral Interview

Salem Baptist

An oral history of Rev. William H. Donaldson, pastor of Salem Baptist Church in the late 1940's/early 1950's and late 1960's through the early 1980's.

Interviewers: Melinda Roundtree and Patrick Tyler

August 3, 1983

The Early African-American Community in Champaign County

Local History

Brief narrative of African-American history in Champaign County before the twentieth century, featuring photographs.

Raymond K. Cunningham Jr. and
Molly Spencer Shoaf

News-Gazette

Saturday, May 31, 2008

Copyright held by authors

Why Blacks Have Migrated to Champaign, Illinois, 1950-1960

Migration

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.

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History of Salem Baptist Church

Church history

Commemorative history of Salem Baptist Church written to celebrate the church's anniversary in 1993.

1993

Salem Baptist Church

Churches--Salem Baptist Church, Architecture

Image of Salem Baptist Church taken in 1970's.

mid-1970's

Salem Baptist Church

Church buildings

Photograph of Salem Baptist Church taken in the mid-1950's.

mid-1950's

Reverand William Howe Donaldson

Church history

Picture of Reverand William Howe (W.H.) Donaldson, long-time pastor of Salem Baptist Church.

Salem scrapbook

late 1940's

How "Qualified" do WE have to be?

Civil Rights

A picket protests the lack of black employees at the downtown Champaign J.C. Penney store in 1961.

News-Gazette

News-Gazette

1961

Through the Years, Winter 1995

Genealogy and Heritage, History, Biography, Library-Archive-Museum--Early American Museum, Business, Photography, History, Music, Biography

Includes:
Entrepeneurs, Estelle Merrifield
The Creation of the Douglass Center, 1940-1945, Nate Dixon and Steven Nafziger
The Sound of Music, Doris Hoskins
Mary Alexander: Reflection on Life, Mary Alexander and Kathleen Johnson Winston

Doris K. Wylie Hoskins and Early American Museum, Champaign County Forest Preserve District

Through the Years

Winter 1995

Estelle Merrifield, Nate Dixon, Steven Nafziger, Doris Hoskins, Mary Alexander and Kathleen Johnson Winston

Document

Through the Years, Spring 1995

Genealogy and Heritage, History, Biography, Library-Archive-Museum--Early American Museum, Photography

Blacks in Champaign County 1865-1970

Doris K. Wylie Hoskins and Early American Museum, Champaign County Forest Preserve District

Through the Years

Spring 1995