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  • Why create 'An African American Reflection on the Potawatomi Trail of Death'?

    Oct 9, 2023 12:45 pm by Eric WilsonIllinois in the News
    A historical marker erected in 1994 in Mueller Park in Decatur, Illinois, includes excerpts from the journal of the Rev. Benjamin Petit, who traveled the Trail of Death with the Potawatomi in 1838. Photo by Maisie Sparks

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    Christian Science Monitor (Oct. 6)   'We read land acknowledgments. ...They sort of say we’re sorry, but they don’t say what happened,' says U of I Professor Latrelle Bright, co-creator of the interactive experience.

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