Monthly (and weekly in June) you can participate in an online session.  Videos are posted below as soon as available.

Tuesdays at 7 pm central time.  Next event April 15, 2025 after our conference.  Check back for details.  You can also register for future conversations at https://bit.ly/freecorr16.

Past events

January 28, 2025: Report from the Illinois State Task Force on the Underground Railroad with Larry McClellan and Gerald McWorter. Video, Larry’s slides, Task Force final report.

November 19, 2024: Black Women’s Activism in Rural Arkansas with Cherisse Jones-Branch. Video part 1, video part 2, Cherisse’s slides.

October 15, 2024: The Underground Railroad in Western Illinois with Owen Muelder. Video, Owen’s slides.

September 17, 2024: Reconstruction as it Happened in the Nation’s Capital with Kate Masur. Video.

August 20, 2024: Quincy’s Radical Abolitionists and the Illinois Anti-Slavery Society with Terrell Dempsey and Patrick Hotle. Video.

July 16, 2024: How Reconstruction Lasted Until Women Could Vote with Manisha Singh. Video.

June 25, 2024: Consumption Junction: Analyzing Material Culture from New Philadelphia and Rural and Racial Divides with Kati Faye. Video from our hosting partner the New Philadelphia Association.

June 18, 2024: The Springfield Massacre and the birth of the NAACP with Brian K. Mitchell. Video from our hosting partner the New Philadelphia Association.

June 11, 2024: Archer Alexander: The Last Fugitive Slave Seeks Freedom with Dorris Keeven-Franke. Video from our hosting partner the New Philadelphia Association.

June 4, 2024: Native American Peoples in Western Illinois: A sketch of Pre- and Post-Contact Time with Jacki Rand and Brooke Morgan. Video from our hosting partner the New Philadelphia Association, Brooke’s slides.

May 21, 2024: 1791 to Today: Found Journals, Freemen with Fatima Shaik. Sorry, video is not available for this talk but see her similar talk at https://acloserwalknola.com/places/economy-hall/.

April 16, 2024: Freedom Seekers and the Underground Railroad: Reframing the Conversation with Larry McClellan. Video.