Timeline: 1909
October–December: “African American workers install the paving brick on First Street in Homer.” Danville Press-Democrat December 15, 1909, p. 6
St. Luke C.M.E. Church was established and was first located on Eads Street in Urbana.
Albert R. Lee is promoted to clerk in the office of the president of the University of Illinois.
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