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Focus is on job-training program and the status of labor in Champaign-Urbana. Features interviews and surveys of low-income laborers, including many African-Americans.

This study is an examination of the infrastructure of the Big Brothers Big Sisters
of Champaign County School Buddies program. The purpose of this study was to gain an
understanding of what structural components are conducive for creating strong…

This study is a comprehensive investigation of the racial ramifications of
psychotropic drugs used to control the undesired behavior of Black school age boys. The
primary focus of the study examined how federal policy of Education for…

The paucity of Black women at predominately White institutions of higher education is well
recognized. Like me, some Black women survived the gauntlet of coursework, qualifying
examinations, and dissertation research and writing in pursuit of…

Legend (Instructions on How to Read This Place)

As all maps are unreadable without a legend, I offer you mine at the beginning. This essay will chart the geography of Urbana-Champaign from a hybrid point of view: considering it from the vantage…

Community Development Projects
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(One upcoming goal will break each project out into its own page, with Narrative, Map, Photos, and Document links.)
Bristol Place

(Need information.)
Beardsley Park Plan

Initiated…

This file includes:
1) A January 1912 newspaper clipping, which is an obituary of George W. Smith, an ex-slave who became successful in Champaign county
2) A list of suggested headings for African American research
3) News Gazette Article from…

This file focuses on the development of North First Street. It includes three 2010 North First St. Association Agendas from February, March, and April, a map of the community garden on north first street, site elevation sheet of the garden, and an…

This file focuses on the issue of policing in Champaign between 2009 and 2010. It includes the flyer for the Community and Police Forum held in March of 2010, an agenda from the public meeting of the Human Relations Commission in April of 2010, and…

N.Y.D.D:Black Community News
The first issue of the community newspaper from February 1970 in Champaign-Urbana.
Has different articles of:
--crisis in the schools
--the public meeting
--what the community provides to the schools

Community…