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Illinois has a deep connection to the Underground Railroad. That's why lawmakers are pushing an initiative to preserve sites ...
Senator Dave Koehler (D-Peoria) introduced Senate Bill 1607 to continue the research of an Underground Railroad task force he ...
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How Black history defined the town of Brooklyn, Illinois, and why the community is fighting to preserve its pastBrooklyn, Illinois is a beacon of ... there's another portion of that Underground Railroad that also ushered people from Missouri through Alton." The bravery of the town’s early families is ...
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The oldest Black town in America, Brooklyn, Illinois, fights to preserve its historyBrooklyn, Illinois is a beacon of ... there's another portion of that Underground Railroad that also ushered people from Missouri through Alton." The bravery of the town’s early families is ...
JACKSONVILLE — A group of historians, academics and legislators spent the last year finding sites connected to the Underground Railroad in Illinois and focusing on telling the stories of those ...
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