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North First Street Redevelopment Project Map

Map showing the state of the buildings along North First Street, as of 1995.

Tags: Geography--North First Street, Research and Data

North First Street Drawing

Drawing of North First Street prepared as part of the redevelopment initiative in the mid-1990s. The drawing extends from the Cattle Bank to the Lone Star Lounge.

Tags: Geography--North First Street

John Lee Johnson North First Street files (SELECTIONS)

Archival files from the John Lee Johnson Papers documenting John Lee Johnson's involvement in the revitalization and re-development of North First Street during the 1990s and early 2000s. Contains only selections. For the complete files visit the…

Tags: Geography--North First Street, Politics and Activism--North First Street Business Association

John Lee Johnson clippings file

Clippings file from the John Lee Johnson Papers, located in the Illinois History Survey and Lincoln Collections, University of Illinois Library.

Tags: Politics and Activism--John Lee Johnson

Miscellaneous North End files

Files on various programs in the North End housed at the Champaign County Historical Archives. Includes information on the Community Advocacy Dept, Progress Association for Economic Development, North End Gospel, North Urbana, and a four-part series…

Tags: Geography--North End, History

African-American Masons File

Clippings file on the Lone Star Lounge and African-American Masons. Champaign County Historical Archives.

"Colored Masons. A consistory Instuited Among Them in Champaign"

"Black Lodge gets new home" by Paul Wood (News-Gazette) April 21, 2000

North First Street File

Clippings file on North First Street at the Champaign County Historical Archives. Includes historic preservation reports on buildings on North First Street prepared by the Preservation and Conservation Association (PACA).

Tags: Community Organizations--Preservation and Conservation Association, Geography--North First Street

Progress Association for Economic Development Clippings file

Clippings file for the Progress Association for Economic Development, a social service agency on the 100-block of North First Street in the 1970s. Clippings file at the Champaign County Historical Archives, Urbana Free Library.

Tags: 1970s, Community Organizations--Progress Association for Economic Development, Social Services--Progress Association for Economic Development

Community Advocacy Depot File

File on the Community Advocacy Depot, located on the 100-block of North First Street in the 1970s, in the Urban League Archive, in the Champaign County Historical Archives, Urbana Free Library.

Tags: 1970s

Let's Talk!

Flyer distributed by the Black Community Network to advertise a community meeting hosted by the Concerned Citizens for a Better Neighborhood at the Douglas Annex.

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