Leroy McCray
- 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)
- 50th anniversary celebration See all items with this value
- 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
- leroy mccray See all items with this value
- oral history 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
- university archives See all items with this value
- Item sets
- Project 500
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