Timeline: 1932
Douglass Park was established by the African American community on vacant farmland at Tremont and 6th Street, Champaign, IL.
William Frank Earnest American Legion Post #559 was chartered. The post had been founded in 1926 by World War 1 veterans included: Clifford Caldwell, Robert H. Earnest (brother of William F. Earnest), Dr. L.P. Diffay, Dr. Henry Ellis, Alvin Foxwell, Raymond Hines, Thomas Macklin, Cecil D. Nelson, and George Ray. Its first Commander was Cecil D. Nelson.
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