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Southern Illinois media fail to report whole story of Chinese-American professor wrongly targeted by feds

September 29, 2022 by Edward Benyas

In April 2021, the federal government indicted a Southern Illinois University Carbondale professor under the “China Initiative,” alleging two counts of wire fraud and one count of making a false statement in regards to a National Science Foundation grant application made on behalf of the university. If convicted, Mingqing Xiao could have faced up to 20 years in federal prison … [Read more...] about Southern Illinois media fail to report whole story of Chinese-American professor wrongly targeted by feds

Recovering the history of free Black settlements in Illinois

June 22, 2021 by Amelia Blakely

When Kimberly France, a descendant of free African-American pioneers, first approached Toni Craig to help piece together her family’s history in a southern Illinois community called Africa, Craig wasn’t sure she was up for it. Craig already had spent years assembling and telling the stories of the community of Africa, which is located 120 miles from St. Louis. France and … [Read more...] about Recovering the history of free Black settlements in Illinois

“Shifting the spirit of the nation”: How one humanities project addresses slavery and citizenship

April 27, 2021 by Amelia Blakely

It is one of the more unlikely places – a rural community struggling to move on from its “sundown town” reputation – that a small, curious audience gathered recently at the Anna Arts Center to listen to Harry Dougherty’s freedom story.  It was told by local historian and educator, Darrel Dexter, who first learned of the African-American’s emancipation story 30 years ago … [Read more...] about “Shifting the spirit of the nation”: How one humanities project addresses slavery and citizenship

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