Author Archives: Natalie Prochaska

“Old” Urban Renewal in Champaign-Urbana, 1960-1969

Forcing people to move from their homes is one of the most intrusive exercises of state power. It is difficult to overstate the combined financial and psychological impacts that the loss of a home has on an individual. It is … Continue reading

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How Champaign’s Segregated North End was Created 1940 – 1960

Housing discrimination does not just happen. It is created. And it results in poor race relations in all other areas of community living. Champaign-Urbana’s housing history is a history of racially restrictive covenants, segregated separate and unequal housing stock and … Continue reading

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