Description: Leroy McCray is originally from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Even though he had a Track full - ride track scholarship from Temple, he didn’t want to go to college so close to his high school. His “Welcome to Champaign” included his original white roommate moving out the first night, a noose being hung outside his room, and experiencing the University responding to a peaceful demonstration at the Illini Union with riot police and attack dogs. Leroy’s fondest memories at the University of Illinois involved becoming a family with his fellow Project 500 and Black Student Association members.
Date of Interview: September 29, 2018
Interviewer: Heidi Charles