After the 1906 Atlanta race massacre, Reverend Proctor worked to ease communal tensions.
[1][4] Proctor and two other African-Americans received the top three scores on the exam for assistant superintendent of the county Bureau of Welfare.
[2] Lillian won a scholarship through the Commonwealth Fund to study at the New York School of Social Work, so she took a year's leave of absence from the United Charities of Chicago.
[4] Proctor moved to Washington, DC, where she worked in the research department of the segregated public school district.
Proctor became interested in intellectually gifted African American students, which became the topic of her master's thesis.
[2] She included results from intelligence tests, from additional assessments, and medical characteristics in her research.
In 1929, Proctor completed her master's dissertation, "A Case Study of Thirty Superior Colored Children in Washington, DC."
She served as the Community Organization Department director of the Chicago Urban League, lending the position significant credibility.
[6] In the early 1950s, the Falls decided to integrate Western Springs, Illinois, leading to a drawn-out legal battle.
They were met with violence multiple times, finally sitting on their porch with a shotgun after a friend was almost hit by a brick.