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Different News paper clipping of Project 500 as the University of Illinois wanted to bring more African American students to the campus. Including Daily Illini, Chicago Tribine, Chicago Sun-Times, News-Gazette, New York Times, and more.

These is only the first twenty pages of the study but it covers a lot of the main points.

Includes chapter on Champaign County. Also includes chapters on Cook, DuPage, Will, Williamson and Pulaski.

Unity in Action Magazine aims to address the root cause of social and economic concerns that are affecting the lives everyday people. It helps social service agencies get the word out about their programs and services. A percentage of every…

Article on citizen complaints about the way the City of Champaign is re-building the Booker T. Washington Elementary.

On Monday night, June 14, 2010, longtime community activist Terry Townsend delivered a list of demands for construction of the new school to replace the Booker T. Washington School in Champaign. The new school is to fulfill the requirements of the…

CHAMPAIGN – For six years, Seon Williams has been cutting hair at The Whip Hair Designs. Two other stylists work with him at the barbershop on North Fourth Street.

But he might not have gotten the business going without help from the…

Website of Seon Williams of Champaign-Urbana: Seon was born and raised in the Champaign-Urbana area and graduated from Urbana High School in 1987. Seon not only excelled in athletics but also was a leader in the Junior ROTC program. Seon's personal…

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…