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Based on interviews in Champaign-Urbana's African-American Community.

From First Paragraph:

Maybe the easiest way to get from the campus of the
University of Illinois to Urbana High School is just to walk
south on Lincoln Avenue to Washington…

Includes discussion of the Unit 4 Champaign Consent Decree Process on page 7 in the context of National histories of educational discrimination.

Abstract: The U.S. District of Columbia’s Federal Circuit Court decision in Hobson v.
Hanson…

Presentation at 2009 Champaign-Urbana Days.

Credits
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Erma Bridgewater (Interviewee; former director of Douglass Center)
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Peter Mcfarland (Interviewee; Douglass Center baseball/softball coordinator and long time volunteer with the…

Executive Summary:

The Neighborhood Improvement Program (NIP) planning process was designed to
encourage the active involvement of neighborhood residents in the development of a
strategic neighborhood action plan in the Douglass Park area. The…

Article on racism at Champaign Unit 4 School District.

From abstract:

This paper argues that public school structures are
oppressive for all students. Because of racial, class and gender
biases, school environments are often especially…

From Introduction:

Purpose
This study examined the past, present, and future need of affordable housing so that the
Champaign County Housing Coalition could use this information to assist them in their
efforts of providing affordable…

Includes panels on Black Power at University of Illinois.

From conference introduction:

“Race, Roots, and Resistance: Revisiting the Legacies of Black Power”
is the first of several conferences designed to reevaluate the Black…