Booker T Washington Home

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A Community in Conflict

Digital Exhibit

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1919

During the late 1800s, Black people in McLean County were provided with equal access to public facilities and accommodations. But in the early 1900s, Jim Crow segregation dramatically increased in Central Illinois and Black people were increasingly treated as second-class citizens.

Digital Exhibit

Articles

A small selection of Pages from our Past articles written by Bill Kemp

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13 children and young adults sit on a long bench at a table. The table has a white table cloth and place settings for each person. One man is at the head of the table, wearing a bow tie. A woman stands behind the table in a dress. They are all looking at the camera, many of the children are smiling. All of the people in the photograph are African American. The walls appear to be lightly-painted brick.

Washington Home couple worked ‘through the heart’

“Cooks and counselors, painters and referees, they are also mom and pop to up to twenty childre...

Article

Biographies

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Calimese, Louise

Napoleon J. Calimese (pronounced Calimeez) was born February 18, 1890 in Irvine, Kentucky. He w...

Biography

Calimese, Napoleon

Napoleon J. Calimese (pronounced Calimeez) was born February 18, 1890 in Irvine, Kentucky. He w...

Biography

Finding Aids

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Booker T. Washington Home

The Booker T. Washington Home was founded in 1918 by Mr. and Mrs. Alex Barker. They housed six...

Finding Aid

Pages

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Historic Marker Matching Gift Initiative

This historic preservation initiative was made possible by generous out of state donors who off...

Page

Videos

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BNBHP Presents: A Reunion: the Booker T. Washington Home

Video