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Scope and Contents
Director of the Community Development and Program Department for the City of Springfield beginning in 1979. Community activities included work with the Springfield-Sangamon County Regional Planning Commission, the Capital City Railroad Relocation Authority and the Springfield East Association. Served as Managing Editor of The Spirit of Black Springfield, a community newspaper affiliated with the Black Action Movement of Springfield and published in the late sixties. Also served as Associate Director of Springfield's Progressive Movement of Youth, a coalition of local activists responsible for publishing The Springfield Progressive in the late sixties.
Formerly, Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action Specialist for the Illinois Department of Conservation; Assistant Director of Program Services for the State Department of Children and Family Services; and Executive Director of the Springfield Human Relations Commission. Also has held position with Illinois Office of Education, the Illinois Office of Minority Business Enterprise, the Sangamon County Community Action Agencies, and the Springfield Urban League.
Papers include complete set of issues of The Spirit of Black Springfield (seven issues dating from August 1968-October 1969); photocopies of statement regarding purposes of the Progressive Movement of Youth and one issue of The Springfield Progressive (vol. 1, no. 6), ca. 1968, including Logan's article, "Black Power;" a statement on the proposed City, Water, Light and Power rate increase by the Springfield East Association, the Ministerial Alliance and Frontiers International, n.d.; and a 1979 news clipping announcing Logan's appointment as Director of Springfield's Community Development and Program Department.
Dates
- Created: 1968 - 1979
- Other: Date acquired: 00/00/1984
Conditions Governing Access
None
Extent
From the Collection: 0.16 Cubic Feet
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Creator
- From the Collection: Logan, Willis H. Jr. (Person)
Repository Details
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