WGLT's award-winning Living Black in Bloomington-Normal series originally aired in 2020.
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Calvin Jones was born in Peoria, where he spent his very early childhood. He remembers acting as the protector of his best friend “Andy,” the only white…
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Lissette Hall grew up in both Chicago and Bloomington-Normal and is a graduate of Parkside Junior High, Normal West high school, and Heartland Community…
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Bloomington native and now Normal resident Dr. Cedric Williams is the founder and CEO of the Twin Cities based Legacy Consulting & Research Group.…
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Leon Jones is a Bloomington High School graduate and a Bloomington native.He spoke with Darnysha Mitchell for the WGLT series Living Black in…
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Chicago native Aubrey Barlow believes COVID-19 has given white people a small glimpse into what it’s like to be black in America.The now Bloomington…
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Brandon Thornton is a teacher at Bloomington High School and is a graduate student (B.S. '11, M.S. '16, Ed.D '22) at Illinois State University.He spoke…
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Thurston Stevenson is a 28-year-old Bloomington native studying comedy writing and performance at Columbia College in Chicago. The Normal West grad is…
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Candice Byrd describes herself as a person of color. She prefers that over the term “Black” because she says that means absence of color. The Bloomington…
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Janine Peacher is a professor at Lincoln College. This year, she became the first tenured Black professor at the college.She spoke with Darnysha Mitchell…
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Bloomington native Dashea Crockett is a leader at Illinois State University's Impact Ministry, a Grayslake North High School graduate, and community…
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Bloomington native Jayana Fennell is a Normal Community West High School graduate. She’s currently a junior telecommunications major for video production…
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Chadman James, a.k.a. Grill Billyenz (or Billy Yenz) is a 30-year-old budding hip-hop star and self-described all-around creative. The Normal native spoke…