Pernessa Seele, Lincolnville s decorated native daughter, gets support from National Park Service for a new park at the corner of Lincoln Road and Pickens St.
A new digital exhibit by Northwestern University scholars profiles the lives of 25 Black men and women who were active in the struggle for racial justice in 19th-century Illinois. They responded to Illinois’ most oppressive Black law by organizing the first statewide political gathering of Black Illinoisans in 1853.