Timeline: 1998
Vernon Barkstall and Kenneth O. Stratton Elementary Schools in Champaign, IL, are constructed. Named after community advocate and third Executive Director of the Champaign County Urban League, Barkstall, and Stratton, the first Black councilman.

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