Champaign-Urbana Shack Study

Housing, Segregation, Discrimination, Community Organizations--Women, Poverty, Research and Data, Social Welfare

Report prepared by Champaign-Urbana League of Women Voters

Champaign-Urbana League of Women Voters

1949

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Willa Mae Varnado Pickens

Church History

Photographs of Willa Mae Varnado Pickens (d. May 15, 1960), who was director of Music at Salem Baptist Church.

undated

Injustice Sheltered: Race Relations at the University of Illinois and Champaign-Urbana, 1942-1962

Civil Rights

Dissertation describing the segregated nature of Champaign-Urbana and the struggle to integrate various facilities, especially around Campustown. Education Dissertation, UIUC

Carrie Franke

1990

The University of Illinois and the Drive for Negro Equality, 1945-1951

Civil Rights, African-Americans on Campus

Describes the impact of various individuals associated with the University in pushing for the integration of various public facilities and private businesses in Champaign-Urbana in the early post-World War II period. Draws on the recently institutionalized University Archives. Written as a course paper for History 461, under Dr. J. Leonard Bates.

Cathie Huntoon

unpublished

May 19, 1966

Abdul Alkalimat

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

A Community Report

Community Organization--League of Women Voters, Social Welfare, Education, Recreation, Health, Legal Status, Economic Opportunities, Housing, Research and Data

A report on various issues African-American residents of Champaign-Urbana faced during the 1940s. Compiled by the League of Women Voters.

League of Women Voters, Champaign County, Social Welfare Committee

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library

League of Women Voters, Champaign County

October-May 1948

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