Champaign-Urbana Minority Business and Organization Directory

Businesses, University--Community, Social Services--Urban League, Restaurants

Directory of local businesses owned and/or operated by African-Americans.

A primary goal of the Urban League of Champaign
County is to stimulate the growth and development of
minority owned businesses in our community. Part of that
goal can be attained if open-minded citizens know about
and patronize the businesses and services provided by
minority entrepreneurs. It is with that thought in mind that
we have developed and published this directory .

Economic development, on the other hand, is not our
sole concern. We believe that this directory can best serve
the community if we list organizations and individuals who
exist to serve the spiritual and social welfare needs of the
people, free of charge. With that in mind you will find
elected arid appointed officials, social welfare . and health
agencies, school and park board members, and religious
and fraternal bodies, as well ' as service or product-for-fee
listings .

Urban League of Champaign County

Urban League of Champaign County Archives

Oasis Graphic Arts

September, 1974

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Black Churches

Religion--Churches, University Community--Black Graduate Student Association

Listing of predominantly African-American churches, compiled in the mid-1980s.

Ellistine Anita Booze, Doland Hubbard

UIUC Afro-American Directory

Black Graduate Student Association

1980s

In Defense of Our Children: A Statement of Special Concern from the Black Action Council for United Progress

Community Organization--Black Action Council for United Progress, Racism, Campus--Community, Education--Urbana High School, Education--University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Crime, Law, Media--Daily Illini, Research and Data, Youth

Statement of concern condemning the racial profiling being used by various local law enforcement agencies, including a listing of such incidents in Fall 1991.

Prepared by Charles F. Fletcher, Alonzo J. Mitchell, Roy A. Williams and Mansion Clark.

Fall 1991

Charles F. Fletcher, Alonzo J. Mitchell, Roy A. Williams and Mansion Clark.

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Statement of the People's Poverty Board Concerning Representation of the Poor on the Champaign County Economic Opportunity Council.

Government--Economic Opportunity Council, Poverty, Community Organization--People's Poverty Board, Economy, Politics and Activism

Statement by the People's Poverty Board addressed to local Economic Opportunity Council concerning the representation of the poor on the Council. Includes roster of Economic Opportunity Council of Champaign County members.

People's Poverty Board

1966

Planning Workshop of Urban League of Champaign County, "Increasing Employment Opportunity in Champaign County"

Social Services--Urban League, Labor and Jobs, Economy, Community Organizations, Government, Politics and Activism

Program for workshop and list of agencies represented.

Urban League of Champaign County

May 12, 1976

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Publication: 'The State of Black Champaign County: Closing the GAP?'

Social Services--Urban League, Research and Data

Flyer announcing a call for submissions to a revision of the 1983 publication "State of Black Champaign County." The call is issued by Vernon L. Barkstall, President and CEO of Champaign County's Urban League.

Vernon L. Barkstall, Urban League of Champaign County

December 7, 1993

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A Condensed Study Compiled for the Urban League of Champaign County

Social Services--Urban League

Features a survey of the issues facing African-American residents of Champaign-Urbana, with the objective that such a survey could inform the programs and initiatives of the local Urban League. Topics surveyed include Economic Development and Employment, Education and Youth Initiatives, Health and Welfare, Housing and Community Organization. Survey completed through library and archival research, coupled with one-on-one interviews with community leaders.

Sherwin Clark, under the direction of Professor Leonard Huemann for Advocacy Planning 340, Summer Term, 1972, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Unpublished manuscript

Summer 1972

Through the Years: Our Stories: Reflections - African-American History in Champaign County

Genealogy and Heritage, Architecture, Historical Landmarks, History, Biography

Features personal memories of the African-American individuals who shaped the built environment in Champaign-Urbana. Also includes brief biographies of those individuals whose names have been used for various facilities throughout Champaign-Urbana.

Doris K. Wylie Hoskins and Early American Museum, Champaign County Forest Preserve District

Through the Years

Fall 2002/Winter 2003

Cheryl Kennedy, Doris Hoskins

Play Ball, Part II - Through the Years: African-American History in Champaign County

Sports and Recreation--Baseball, Biography, History, Media--Through the Years, Media--Courier, Men, Segregation

Part two of this special feature on African-American baseball leagues and teams focuses on the Champaign Eagles, part of the Eastern Illinois League in the 1950s and 1960s. Features personal reminiscences by Ernie Westfield, J.W. Pirtle, Bud Johnson, Tracy Parsons, Peter MacFarland, and Alicia Lowery.

African-American Network of the Early American Museum, Champaign County Forest Preserve District, Through the Years

Fall 2007

Cheryl Kennedy, Alicia Lowery

Play Ball, Part I - Through the Years

Sports and Recreation--Baseball, Biography, History, Media--Through the Years, Media--Courier, Men, Segregation

Tells stories about Negro League Baseball and its impact locally. Features biographies of individual players, such as John C. Johnson, Sr, Vernon C. Lewis, and Elsa Utley, as well as clippings from local newspapers describing the League.

African American Network of the Early American Museum, Champaign County Forest Preserve District, Through the Years

2006

Cheryl Kennedy, Alicia Lowery