The Pontiac Public Library is hosting the month-long exhibition with special events scheduled for Feb. 11 and 22.

Jackie White, a native of Centralia, Illinois, in 1968 became the first Black person to officiate an NBA game.

The International-Great Northern Railroad, which arrived in Austin on Dec. 28, 1876, was formed in 1873 by merging previously ...

Lincoln was a crony capitalist on economic policy, advocating protectionist tariffs, corporate welfare for railroad ...

Whether you want just a romantic evening, a weekend getaway, or maybe a spot for a marriage proposal, America has no shortage ...

Leonard was soon married to Revetta Sloan, and the couple took up lodgings in a white ... The black artists came from Mississippi, from Arkansas, up the Illinois central railroad from Memphis ...

PONTIAC — Within its first decade of operation, the Underground Railroad was estimated to have helped about 100,000 enslaved ...

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A south suburban city council chamber filled with residents for a Black History celebration featuring one of the Freedom ...

One was a significant conductor of the city’s Underground Railroad. The other was a pioneering Black physician and advocate ...

CARMI, Il. (WEVV) — Multiple streets are closed in Carmi, Illinois following a fatal train versus pedestrian accident Monday morning. Carmi Police Department reports that the railroad crossing at ...