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Community Voices

Community Voices

By: Beatrice Bonner Randy Eccles Vanessa Ferguson
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 Community Voices is events you might have missed and conversations with neighbors, artists, and area business people. Get to know your neighbors with Community Voices. Suggest a guest at communityvoices@nprillinois.org.2025 Art Economics Social Sciences World
Episodes
  • Understanding racial violence in the Mississippi River region

    Understanding racial violence in the Mississippi River region
    Jul 10 2025
    Historian Tim Good discusses major lynching's that happened in the Mississippi River Region.
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    50 mins
  • Upcoming listening sessions will guide the next chapter of United Way of Central Illinois funding

    Upcoming listening sessions will guide the next chapter of United Way of Central Illinois funding
    Jul 7 2025
    The upcoming United Way of Central Illinois events will focus on identifying priority areas for funding in the upcoming 2026–2029 Grant Cycle.
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    17 mins
  • Ken Page explains the 1908 Race Riot and how its legacy continues in Springfield today

    Ken Page explains the 1908 Race Riot and how its legacy continues in Springfield today
    Jul 1 2025
    The 1908 Race Riot is a dark moment in Springfield’s history, yet many grew up not knowing about the tragedy that set back Black businesses and families for many years to come. President of the Springfield Chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) Ken Page spoke to Community Voices about the riot and how its legacy continues today. He also shared his experience growing up in Selma, Ala. during the civil rights movement and how it led him to the ACLU.
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    33 mins

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