Taylor Thomas Lane
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Top image: "In All My Years: Portraits of Older Blacks in Champaign-Urbana" by Raymond Bial (Champaign County Historical Museum)
Located between Fourth and Fifth Streets (west to east), and Bradley and Beardsley Avenues (north to south), Taylor Thomas Lanes is named after the first Black teacher in the Urbana school system. He served as a teacher and administrator between 1956 and 1977. He was also a President of the local NAACP chapter and volunteered with many social service organizations.
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