Documents Tagged ‘John Gwynn’
The View From Peoria: It’s Not Playing Well
Archive Entry Date: 6/30/1974
The Washington Post traveled to Peoria to take the pulse of the nation during the Watergate crisis
Civil Rights Movement: Where Has Peoria Been?
Archive Entry Date: 05/12/1974
Twenty years after Brown v. Board of Education, the Journal Star examined the arc of the city's Civil Rights Movement
Panther Clark Expected Death, Sister Reveals
Archive Entry Date: 12/29/1969
An obituary for Mark Clark — a Peorian Black Panther killed alongside Fred Hampton in a pre-dawn raid by Chicago police in 1969
No Union Men Attend Rights Group Meeting
Archive Entry Date: 03/08/1969
White-dominated construction unions were no-shows at a meeting to integrate building trades
School Protests Suspended For Week
Archive Entry Date: 11/15/1967
After approximately 6,200 total student absences, student demonstrators paused to regroup
120 Negro Students, Suspended Yesterday, Barred
Archive Entry Date: 11/10/1967
120 Manual High School students were barred from returning to class the day after the mass walk-out
6 Jailed For Disorderly Conduct
Archive Entry Date: 07/21/1966
The NAACP pressured for school reform with another sit-in — and six were arrested
School Board Agrees To Meet After Singing Sit-In
Archive Entry Date: 07/19/1966
The NAACP staged a singing sit-in to press for changes in school curriculum and employment practices
Gwynn Says There IS Racial Tension in Peoria
Archive Entry Date: 06/22/1963
Peoria's NAACP president argued that racial tension suffused “almost every phase of life in Peoria”