School Integration-Just a Southern Problem?

Christine Adrian

Summer Fellowship, 2007

Lesson 3: School Integration Plan for Champaign Unit 4

Annotated list of Materials and resources:

Local Champaign County Resources:

• More than a Bus Ride Audio and More than a Bus Ride Collected Documents, Franklin Middle Schools Desegregation Radio Documentary from The Youth Media Workshop, WILL and University of Illinois.

-This documentary documents the school integration of Champaign unit 4 in the late 60’s and early 70’s. Oral histories are provided through interviews with residents who lived through the initial integration efforts. The whole program is available through audio streaming and in transcript form. In addition, related documents are posted on this website.

• Equity Audit: U.S. District Court For the Central District of Illinois Monitoring Report #1 from Franklin Middle School Girls’ Radio Documentary, Youth Media Group, WILL Radio. Last viewed June 20, 2007.

-This Power Point gives an overview of the Current consent decree that was delivered to Unit 4 regarding racial inequities in the classroom.

• Committee Report - Desegregation Plan, 1968 from Franklin Middle School Girls’ Radio Documentary, Youth Media Group, WILL Radio. Last viewed June 20, 2007.

-This PDF is the original document of an oversight committee for the Champaign Unit 4 desegregation plan for 1968. Problems and inequities are detailed.

• 1967-1968 Enrollments by Race from Franklin Middle School Girls’ Radio Documentary, Youth Media Group, WILL Radio. Last viewed June 20, 2007.

-In chart fashion, student enrollment information by school is provided.

Web Pages:

• Champaign Unit 4 Consent Decree Information, from Champaign Unit 4 schools. Last viewed June 20, 2007.

-A comprehensive guide to the consent decree is given by Champaign Unit 4, including the history and current progress of meeting the terms of the consent decree.

• Interactive Illinois Report Card for Champaign Unit 4, IIRC. Last viewed June 20, 2007.

-This gives current statistics regarding Unit 4, including student makeup, test scores and teacher ethnicity proportions.