Peoria
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Peoria: An Introduction
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1919–1941: “Roarin’ Peoria”
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Documents Tagged ‘Bradley University’
B.U. Statement Sound
Archive Entry Date: 03/10/1969
Three days later an editorial praised Bradley's “Statement of Principles” for enforcing the civil rights of all races
BU Establishes Black Culture House, Sets Afro Degree Plan
Archive Entry Date: 03/07/1969
Protests by Bradley University's Black Student Alliance resulted in two new academic institutions
Inter-Racial Committee Pickets 6 Restaurants
Archive Entry Date: 06/15/1946
Restaurant managers boasted defiantly of improved sales after Bradley University's CORE chapter picketed their establishments