League of women voters Public housing and slum clearance in Champaign-Urbana

Public Housing

The League of Women Voters wrote up a plan to get public housing for women in Champaign-Urbana.

League of Women Voters

The Housing Committee of the Women Voters

November 1951

The kindred of Viola Jackson: Residence and family organization of an urban Black American family

Anthropology: Black Families

How urban families are organized within black communities, and the role of culture in black homes.

Carol B. Stack

Afro-American Anthropology: Com temporary Perspectives

Whitten

ca. 1975

June 10-13 2010 Clippings, News Gazette

Lone Star Masonic Lodge #18 Website

Masons, Fraternal Organizations

Defunct website of Lone Star Lodge in Champaign, preserved by Internet Archive.

Lone Star Lodge

Internet Archive

2007-2008

Douglas Park Community Garden Video and Site (C-U Garden)

Gardening, Environmental Justice, Campus-Community

A video promo for the Community Garden being built at Douglass Park in Champaign, Illinois in coordination with the College of Business at the University of Illinois.

sheiss321

YouTube

17 March 2010

African Americans and Their Contributions in Central Illinois

http://baic.house.gov/member-profiles/profile.html?intID=51
Black Americans In Congress
This website talks about Harold Washington and how he was a democrat who was a representative for Central Illinois. It also talks about his story ans how he got to where he was.

http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/CollectionsA-Z/fpro_search.html
Digital Library of Georgia
This website is a website that shows the data of the African American Funeral Programs from the Library System. On this website, you can search for funeral programs in the past and can browse through other collections by topic, time period, county, institution,etc.

http://books.google.com/books?id=RQqGveI5oYIC&pg=PA104&dq=central+illinois&lr=&as_drrb_is=q&as_minm_is=0&as_miny_is=&as_maxm_is=0&as_maxy_is=&as_brr=1&as_pt=MAGAZINES&cd=2#v=onepage&q=central%20illinois&f=false
Ebony magazine published in NOvember of 1998
Magazine that talks about some of the people that came out of Central Illinois.

http://www.aafc.org/
Illinois African-American Family Commission
This website talks about how this commission was established and how they accomplished tasks, what their mission was, and what their vision was in doing so.

http://www.afrigeneas.com/states/il/
Illinois Afrigeneas African Ancenstry in Illinois
This website gives a history of the ancestry in Illinois. It also talks about the events that went on such as slavery and what led to ancestry. It gives you namy links and other places where you can find more information.

http://www.edc.centralillinois.org/content/fast-facts
Economic Development Council for Central Illinois
This website gives you many fun facts about the counties in Central Illinois such as statisitics, businesses, tourism, etc.

http://www.experiencedecatur.com/historic.php
Decatur Area Convention & Visitors Bureau HIstoric Decatur
This website shows many monuments that were artworks of African American Soldiers and other people but it goes into detail fo how it was made and why.

June 7 and June 9, 2010 News-Gazette

News Gazette articles dealing with proposal for a new park.

News Gazette

Hyperlinks on African Americans in Central and Northern Illinois

African-Americans, East-Central Illinois, Central Illinois, Northern Illinois, eBlackIllinois

http://www.friendsofallencounty.org/africanamerican/results_afram.php?subject=IL
African American gateway
link of bibliographies and the gateway to a list of African-American websites in Illinois


http://www.aawc.com/new/images/Zpaa/paa2.gif
African American Web Connection
These people are of African American culture that have became famous that may have belonged to Central Illinois such as congressmen.

http://www.will.uiuc.edu/community/africanamericanlife.htm
African-American Life in Central Illinois
This talks about how they life was for them.

1.) Coalition of Black Trade Unionists
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coalition_of_Black_Trade_Unionists
This is the history of the CBTU which started in Northern Illinois.
2.) Coor's Brewing Co. Vinidcated In Racial Discrimination Case
http://www.allbusiness.com/legal/trial-procedure-jury-trial/7449289-1.html
A Chicago Businessman takes Coors brewing Company to court with claims of racial discrimination.
3.) Chicago's Neighborhood Guide-Keeping You Informed
http://myurbanevents.com/
This is an index of black owned restaurants and other businesses in the Chicago Area.
4.) Black Catholic Chicago
http://www.blackcatholicchicago.org/
This is the history of black catholics in the Chicago area.
5.) Black Illinois Town Ignored After Devastating Tornado.
http://newsone.com/nation/newsonestaff2/black-illinois-town-ignored-after-devastating-tornado/
A small black village is overlooked by the government for aide after a devastating tornado.
6.) Ebony Jet Online
http://www.ebonyjet.com/
This is the homepage for two black owned magazines based in Chicago that covers stories from all over Northern Illinois.
7.) Black Enterprise Wealth For life
http://www.blackenterprise.com/
This is a black owned magazine based in Northern Illinois.
8.) At Least 27 dead, 300 hurt in Ill. Killer Tornado That Devastated Black Residents
http://books.google.com/books?id=s68DAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA4&dq=east+st+louis&lr=&as_drrb_is=q&as_minm_is=0&as_miny_is=&as_maxm_is=0&as_maxy_is=&as_brr=1&as_pt=MAGAZINES&cd=5#v=onepage&q=east%20st%20louis&f=false
This is an article from Jet magazine about how a tornado that devasted black communitues in Northern Illinois.
9.) Carroll County NAACP Branch 7014
http://www.carrollnaacp.org/
This is the homepage of the local NAACP Branch for Carroll County.
10.) Quad Cities African American Museum/ VFW- Memorial Tribute
http://www.qconline.com/archives/qco/display.php?id=494593
The African American museum in the Quad cities presents a Memorial Day service to the public.
11.) The Ethnic Heritage Museum
http://www.ethnicheritagemuseum.org/
This museum located in Rockford, Illinois has an exhibit dedicated to African American history.

12.) The African American Pulpit
http://www.blackandchristian.com/reg/Midwestern_Illinois.shtml
This is a list of black churches in Northern Illinois.
13.) Early Days of Coal Mining In Northern Illinois
http://www.kentlaw.edu/ilhs/earlyday.htm
This is a very detailed article about the conditions in which Black coal miners in Northern Illinois had to endure on the job.
14.) The free Negro in Illinois Prior to The Civil War 1818-1860
African Americans in Northern Illinois
This is the history of how negros were treated in Illinois prior to slavery.

http://www.spiaahf.org/

http://www.library.illinois.edu/afx/aaillini.htm
African Americans in Illinois Places other than Chicago
This is a bibliography of places other than chicago that are produced at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

http://www.state.il.us/hpa/lib/AfAmHist.htm
African Americans in Illinois
This is an essay that talks about African Americans in Illinois at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library that was written by Karen E. Ervingham of Educational Services.

http://will.illinois.edu/community/project/african-american-life-in-central-illinois/
African-American Life in Central Illinois
It talks about the african-american life and talks about the years that they have been engaged in the community and thye activists that have came out of Champaign lile John Lee Johnson.

http://www.centralillinoisnewscenter.com/news/local/90545314.html
African American Hall of Fame Museum Inducts Nine
It talks about the organization and how they made a difference in the Tri county area which is why they were inducted into the Hall of Fame.

http://www.accessgenealogy.com/african/illinois/index.htm
http://www.frontiersspringfieldclub.org/

eBlackChampaign-Urbana Interns

Summer 2010

After investigation, death of local teen ‘accidental’

Crime, Policing, and Gangs, Champaign-Urbana

The brutal killing of 15 year-old Kiwane Carrington, leaves Champaign-Urbana in uproar. In response, protesters walk down University to morn the loss of Carrington and protest the decision making of the policeman.

Colleen Vest

The Daily Illini

15 December 2009

Council member speaks out regarding employee discipline in Kiwane Carrington incident

Crime, Policing, and Gangs, Eddie Adair, Holly Nearing, John Freese, Kiwane Carrington, Kiwane Carrington, Police officer Daniel Norbits, shooting, Steve Carter, Tamara Cummings, undefined, undefined, undefined, Champaign-Urbana

Police Officer Daniel Norbits was suspended as a result of the fatal shooting of Kiwane Carrington. The Illinois Fraternal Order of Police Labor Council is disappointed with the suspension saying that it is too severe, while others feel as if it is not severe enough.

Stephanie Tussing

Daily Illini

22 April 2010