First Paragraph: In the spirit of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Higher Education Act of 1965, the University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) initiated the Special Educational Opportunities Program (SEOP), a program to recruit
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Video of Martin Luther King Community Celebration Culminating Event, 2011: The Beloved Community, held January 22, 2011 at the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts.
Introduction to Essay Contest
Reading of Essay…
Bernice Harrington, Ruth Latham and Ernie Westfield share their memories of growing up in Champaign County at Garden Hills Elementary on January 21, 2011.
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Khair Ali Oral History on moving to Champaign, boxing and converting to Islam. Ivon Ridgeway sat in for in interview. Interview conducted by Noah Lenstra
Khair Ali video part 1
Khair Ali video part 2
This video features short clippings of Rev. Ben E. Cox, Sr., Judy Richardson, Nate Dixon, John Lee Johnson, Dianne Pinderhughes, Mary Alexander, and Callie Fitzgerald discuss their participation in Civil Rights and activism to forward the cause of…
Powerpoint Presentation for Urban Planning course. Ethnography of the University Course. Features summary of ESLARP and similar projects in the Champaign-Urbana area.