WILL logoOur Journey: Stories of School Desegregation and Community in Champaign-Urbana

A radio documentary produced by Franklin Middle School girls with guidance from WILL-AM

Deanna Carr

 

"My name is Deanna Carr. I am 14 years old and attend Franklin Middle School. I am in 8th grade and ready to graduate. The WILL-AM project has been very fun and has took up a lot of our free time. We have met together at the studio so many different times and every meeting we have learned something new. I have interviewed one person, which was Mr. Nathaniel Banks. From this interviewed I have learned my mistakes and remembered his great conversation, funny stories, and his very surprising stories that effected his life during that time period. "

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Markisha Motton

Tamika Lee

Deanna Carr

Jessica Austin

Tiera Campbell

Yakera Barbee

Veronica Martin

 

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Nathanial BanksNathaniel Banks is director of the Afro-American Cultural Program at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Mr. Banks is former principal of Judea Christian School and a current member of the Champaign School Board. His family has lived in the area for generations.

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Interview highlights:

"We had to walk through the white community to get to school...them saying threatening things..."

"French teacher would call me out...."

"My family expected us to achieve..."

"Our church worked with people on campus..."

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