Documents Tagged ‘racism’
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
Fire Bomb Tossed Through Window Of Rehm Barber Shop
Archive Entry Date: 11/23/1964
A barbershop where blacks had been refused service was struck with a Molotov cocktail
Call Inter-Racial Visits Big Success
Archive Entry Date: 10/28/1963
Over 200 people hosted integrated parties for Peoria's Inter-racial Home Visitation Day
Negro Effect on Property Put To Test
Archive Entry Date: 08/07/1963
A newspaper investigation found property values rarely dropped when a “colored family” moved in
Mayor Day Admits Discrimination in Peoria
Archive Entry Date: 07/03/1963
Unemployment and poor housing were problems that couldn't be solved by demonstrations, said Peoria's Mayor
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”
Teacher Gives Wisdom, Challenge To Negroes
Archive Entry Date: 11/10/1960
A Peorian teacher emphasized education in the fight for desegregation
Harper Known Nationally For His Work
Archive Entry Date: 4/17/1957
Carver Center director Henry Harper was a gentle man with bulldog tenacity