Illinois

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• SOURCE: New York Times
  8/19/2020
  

  Douglas' Statue to Be Removed From Illinois Capitol Lawn

  Douglas, Lincoln's famous political nemesis, was famous for arguing that newly admitted states should decide on slavery themselves. His personal profit from slavery was a factor in the decision to remove his statue.

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• SOURCE: Southern Illinoisan
  7/15/2020
  

  Author James W. Loewen: Sundown Towns in Southern Illinois Should Acknowledge Racist Past, Take Steps to Change

  “First, they need to admit it: Yes, we did this,” said Loewen.

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• SOURCE: ProPublica
  6/19/2020
  

  Slavery Existed in Illinois, but Schools Don’t Always Teach That History

  Schools often teach the Civil War in terms of “free states” and “slave states.” Illinois complicates those definitions. We spoke with a historian and high school teacher about slavery’s legacy in Illinois.

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• 5/24/2020
  

  The Lynching of David Wyatt

  by Greg Bailey

  Lynching and mob terrorism against African Americans have never been strictly southern phenomena, as a bloody incident from southern Illinois's histrory reveals. 

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• SOURCE: Huffington Post
  8/12/19
  

  Illinois Governor Signs Bill Mandating Public Schools Teach LGBTQ History

  The measure is being praised as a “life-saving law” that has placed the state “on the right side of history.”  

• SOURCE: Wisconsin State Journal
  4-18-13
  

  A new musical legacy for Frank Lloyd Wright's father, courtesy of music historian

  One thing that’s not disputed about Frank Lloyd Wright’s father is this: He loved music.Long portrayed as a distant parent and meager breadwinner who abandoned the family when Frank was 17, the senior Wright emerges as a much different character — a cultured and exuberantly creative man who lived a life in music — in the new CD, “The Music of William C. Wright.”Produced by Oak Park, Ill., music historian and architecture fan David Patterson, the 72-minute CD features pieces composed by Frank Lloyd Wright’s father in a musical career that spanned the second half of the 19th century. Many of those years were spent in Wisconsin, including Madison and Frank’s birthplace of Richland Center...