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Racism

A Community in Conflict

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1844

1846

1850

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1871

1898

1919

1921

1939

1965

1967

1970

Abraham Lincoln in McLean County

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Lincoln and the Eighth Judicial Circuit

Expansion of Slavery

Lincoln's Lost Speech

National Exposure

Articles

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‘Welby and Pearl,’ minstrel act with local roots
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Central Illinois final resting place for once-enslaved persons
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Washington Home couple worked ‘through the heart’
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‘Black Devils’ earned fame in WW I
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Bloomington schools integrated decade after Civil War
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West side Subway Club earned notoriety in late ’50s
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Notorious silent movie drew local protests
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Buffaloes battled for respect on hardwood court
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Early African-American doctor faced segregated Twin Cities
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Bloomington inescapably linked to Springfield Race Riot

Biographies

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Claxton, Belle Blue
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Edwards, Ruby
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Withers, Sarah
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Stearles, Willis
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Withers, Allen
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Duff, Alverta
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Duff, Julia
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Stewart, Grace Huddleston
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Stokes, Ella Lee
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Jones, Annie Ethel
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Bynum, Edward
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Bynum, Lincoln
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Murray, Ethel
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Calcote, Matilda
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Brown, Henry L.
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Rice, Martha Baker
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Trotter, Georgina
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Jones, Eva
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Witherspoon, Julius
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Williams, Private Gus
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Blue, Richard

Blog

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Whites-only beach Miller Park, Bloomington, July 1940

Photo of the Week, 116: We Shall Overcome, October 1965

McHistory: Housekeeper for the affluent and the tawdry

Ebony Affair: The Fight to Keep Black Voices on the Air

Finding Aids

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Miller Park

Making a Home

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William and Henry Wells

Duff Family

Oral Histories

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Beth Echeverria

John Barrientes

Manny and Margot Mendoza

Sarita Mendiola

Lue Anna Clark

Videos

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Artists, Advocates, Acrobats, & More! Women Who Made McLean County History

Social Justice History Walking Tour

Contested Civil Liberties in 19th Century McLean County, with Greg Koos

Working for a Living

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Fair Labor Practices Improve