Leroy McCray · Voices of Illinois · University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library

Title: Leroy McCray
Date(s): 9/29/2018
Interviewee(s): Leroy McCray See all items with this value
Interviewer(s): Heidi Charles See all items with this value
Interviewer Position: Archives Staff
Summary: Leroy McCray is originally from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. And even though he had a full-ride Track and Field Scholarship offer from Temple, he didn't want to go to college so close to his high school. His "Welcome to Champaign" included an unfriendly roommate, racial harassment, and a militant police response to a mostly peaceful demonstration at the Illini Union. Leroy's fondest memories at the University of Illinois involved becoming a family with his fellow Project 500 and Black Student Association members.
Subject(s): alumni See all items with this value; alumni reunions See all items with this value; black student association See all items with this value; black students See all items with this value; fine and applied arts See all items with this value; history See all items with this value; illini union See all items with this value; project 500 See all items with this value; project 500 50th anniversary See all items with this value; protests See all items with this value; student athlete See all items with this value; student life See all items with this value
Related Resources: Black Student Association, 1969-1974 (RS: 41/66/26); Black Student Association Publications, 1967-1974 (RS: 41/66/826); Chronology of Campus Protests, ca. 1972 (RS: 41/66/700); David Eisenman Papers, 1965-1974 (RS: 41/2/25); History of the University File, 1914-1991 (RS: 2/14/3); Joy Williamson-Lott Papers, 1997-2001 (RS: 41/30/178); Social Movements at Illinois: Project 500 and Black Power on Campus, 1965-1975; The University of Illinois in the Cold War Era 1945-1975: Project 500

Item sets: Project 500