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  • Freedom Corridor aims to create narrative of region's Black history

    Feb 7, 2024 1:15 pm by Journal CourierIllinois in the News
    Brochure image for Freedom Conference. The corridor is a connected network of sites in west-central Illinois and eastern Missouri linked to the Underground Railroad, such as New Philadelphia National Historic Site in Pike County.

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    • Brochure image for Freedom Conference. The corridor is a connected network of sites in west-central Illinois and eastern Missouri linked to the Underground Railroad, such as New Philadelphia National Historic Site in Pike County.

    Journal Courier (Feb. 5) "So our story — small 'o' — is now Our story — capital 'O'," says U of I professor Gerald McWorter, the great-great-grandson of he first African Americans to found a town in the U.S.