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Anti-Black Violence in Southern Illinois

Prof. Brent Campney discusses history of racial violence in Illinois in SIUE's USS Sankofa Lecture Series.

SIUE USS Sankofa Lecture Series presents Dr. Brent MS Campney discussing racial violence in Illinois. Campney is a Professor of History and the author of Hostile Heartland: Racism, Repression, and Resistance in the Midwest (University of Illinois Press, 2019). The event is Monday 2/28 at 7:00 pm. Free and open to the public, via Zoom. Register here: https://siue.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_HulZ58WcTVaaiTIiYZGZoQ

Pictured: Abandoned business, Cairo, IL. From Winfield, Jamie. "The Ghost Town of Cairo, Illinois: How racial unrest and prejudice destroyed a once-thriving city" History of Yesterday, Sept. 2020.