Starting at the northern state line between Illinois and Wisconsin and driving to the southern tip, a traveler can watch the surrounding landscape shift and change before his or her eyes.

writing about and teaching the history of slavery in Illinois for years. His book about the topic, “Bondage in Egypt, Slavery in Southern Illinois,” was published by Southeast Missouri State ...

a history professor at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. From 1890 to the early 1920s, eastern and southern Europeans settled the area next. After the Civil War, African-Americans came nort ...

MARION, Ill. (WSIL) -- A local historian and author will be sharing the rich history of Southern Illinois. The event will be held at the Celebrations Event Center and put on by Marion Connects.