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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.

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

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

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Salem Baptist Church

Image of Salem Baptist Church taken in 1970's.
Salem Baptist Church

Photograph of Salem Baptist Church taken in the mid-1950's.
Reverand William Howe Donaldson

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

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How "Qualified" do WE have to be?

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

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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

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Blacks in Champaign County 1865-1970

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