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The Twenty-Fourth Annual Conference on Illinois History will be held October 6-7 in Springfield, Illinois at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum. Note that the Northern Great Plains History Conference will be held in Fargo from September 21-24. It includes individual profiles of 25 Black men and women who were involved in church life, the Underground Railroad, education, and activism in the state. We also tell the story of the first statewide Black political convention, which was held in Chicago in early October 1853. The exhibit provides a history of early African American community building and activism in Illinois, focusing on the 1840s and 1850s. It’s called Black Organizing in Pre-Civil War Illinois: Creating Community, Demanding Justice, and it’s part of the larger Colored Conventions Project, which is based at Penn State. Professor Masur also passes along news of a web “exhibit” she produced with a team at Northwestern over the last few years on early Black life and activism in Illinois. The paper is particularly valuable for its unparalleled coverage of the lives and activities of African Americans in Illinois in this period, including church-based activities, schools, celebrations, and organizing for racial justice.
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It was the organ of the Illinois Liberty Party and later the Free Democrats, and it tried to cover events of interest throughout the state and in southern Wisconsin. As many of you know, this paper was edited by Zebina Eastman and based in Chicago.
The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Library has digitized the available run of the Western Citizen (1842-1853), and it is now part of the Illinois Digital Newspaper Collections. Kate Masur of Northwestern University passes along an exciting development from Illinois. 9-10, 2022) continues at Ohio University in Athens. This weekend the Black Life in the Ohio Valley Conference (Sept. We are attempting to revive H-Midwest and are kicking things off with some information about some important events in the region, some of which are taking place this weekend.
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