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
Tamika Lee

 

"Hi I'm Tamika Lee. I'm 15 years old. I live with my mom and three sisters. I have one brother and four sisters. I attend Franklin Magnet Middle School. I want to become a lawyer when I grow up. My hobbies are written poems, reading, and walking. Thank you to all who reads this."

Tamika interviewed Ms. Catherine Hogue and Erma Bridgewater.

 
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Markisha Motton

Tamika Lee

Deanna Carr

Jessica Austin

Tiera Campbell

Yakera Barbee

Veronica Martin

 

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Catherine HogueCatherine Hogue is a former supervisor and chief union steward at AT&T in Champaign.

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Interview highlights:

listen"A majority of the African-American students they didn't feel were college material..."

listen"Everything takes a little work, and you will learn that.  But you certainly can accomplish anything."

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Erma BridgewaterErma Bridgewater integrated her neighborhood elementary school, Lincoln School, in 1919. She was director of the Douglass Community Center for 24 years and has a master's degree in sociology. She was born and raised in Champaign-Urbana, IL.

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Interview highlights:

listen"Every time I got my pay ...it seemed that she would take some money out of it, 'cause she figured she was teaching us..."

listen"I had to swallow that degree and forget I ever got it in order to get along..."

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WILL-AM Afternoon Magazine Interview, May 13, 2004 with Veronica Martin, Tamika Lee, Dr. Will Patterson, and Kimberlie Kranich

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