Land of Lincoln Readers: Blacks and Whites Chipping Away at Racism in the 1850s
Date: Tue. July 07, 2009
Time: 7:00 pm
Location:
Clearing
6423 W. 63rd Place
60638
Program: Summer Reads for Adults
About this event:
Part of Illinois’ dark past includes the severe “Black laws” of the early 19th century which kept African-American residents from full citizenship. Historian Jane Ann Moore explains these laws and the prominent men like Frederick Douglass, Owen Lovejoy, and Zebina Eastman who eventually succeeded in abolishing them.
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