Timeline: 1947
Crystal Lake Pool in Urbana, IL, is desegregated.
Ralph Hines became the first African American to swim for the University of Illinois.
Panhellenic Council unanimously voted to admit African American sororities as members.
Local campus town theater managers agreed to end discriminatory practices against African Americans following a Student Community Interracial Committee campaign.
1947–1948: The League of Women Voters publishes the document “A Community Report,” a survey of the position of the Negro minority in Champaign County.
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