8 historical documents

8 historical documents

The George Smith Family and Farming, Geneaology and Family, Civil Rights, Armed Forces

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 1999 regarding Smith Family (includes notable pictures) discussing family roots and hsitory
4) A Journal Article on Citizenship, Manhood, and African American Men in the Journal of Illinois History 1870-1917
5) Information on Champaign County Historical Archive Oral History Tapes on Champaign County Soldiers in the Civil War
6) Information and picture on Champaign County African American History Committee
7) News Gazette feature on Black History in East Central Illinois from February 2001, includes helpful resources for researching black history, history of slavery in Illinois, information on Mary Alexander incl. picture, (Jeremiah Blount, Rob Dawson) on 1960s Civil Rights Struggle in Champaign incl. picture, information and picture of Tuskegee Airmen at Chanute, information on black firsts in Champaign, timeline of black struggle in Champaign, article on Doris Haskins that includes photograph, information and picture of Ruth Latham
8) 2010 News Gazette article by Micheal Markstahler on the history of residential segregration in Champaign from a white perspective

Noah Lenstra

News Gazette, Illinois Journal of History

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1870-2010

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